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WEMW extends the deadline to apply to EAVE Slate and IBERMEDIA scholarships announced!

The deadline for submission to the open calls for the Last Stop Trieste, This is IT, EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs has been extended to November 24, 2023 at 23.59 CET, to allow as many producers as possible to finalise their applications.

Companies from Europe and Latin America keen on focusing on how to build a successful slate and strategic planning can register to the EAVE Slate.

EAVE Slate will select up to 12 European and Latin American companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will combine the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for the selected companies and to outline how to pick the right projects to include in the company slates.

We are delighted to announce that all participation costs (including tuition fee, accommodation and partial airfare reimbursement) of up to 10 selected Latin American producers will be covered thanks to the collaboration with IBERMEDIA.

Find out more

Producers with a creative documentary in the final stage of editing - developed in one of the WEMW partner platforms* - and looking for festivals, sales, broadcasters and a final round of feedback session can apply to Last Stop Trieste.

Works in progress produced/co-produced with Italy, or produced by one of the WEMW 2024 Countries in Focus**, can be submitted to This is IT to find festival premiere and international distribution.

Professionals from Europe, Canada and Latin America willing to develop new business models, explore new formats and connect with new markets can apply to one of the Inspirational Labs, run in collaboration with leading training providers and international partners.

For more information on each programme, and to submit your application, please visit www.wemw.it

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PUENTES 2023 – the final workshop kicks off in Uruguay!

The second and final session of PUENTES, EAVE’s European-Latin American co-production workshop, starts today, November 20th in Montevideo (Uruguay) and will run until November 26th!

The carefully selected group of Latin American and European participants will reunite again to develop their projects, work on their careers and company structures, think internationally and build strong professional links between Europe and Latin America under the guidance of experienced PUENTES experts.

Experts and programme

The core tutors include Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, AR/ES), Script Consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), LATAM Consultant, Workshop partner and expert Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films, AR) and Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, FR).

The second workshop will feature top Latin American professionals Álvaro Arroba (Directors Fortnight – Cannes, FR), Ester Bernal (Piano, MX), Pablo Carrizosa (Totem Films, FR), Alessandro Gropplero (FVG Audiovisual Fund, IT) and Gema Juárez Allen (GEMA Films, AR). In speed meetings with the guest experts, participants can expand their networks and receive valuable feedback.

The schedule consists of group work and individual meetings, including special working sessions on “Building a Sustainable Business” with EAVE expert Juliane Schulze.

To spice up the programme, we are organising a special screening of the film POWER ALLEY (LEVANTE) by Lillah Halla produced by PUENTES participant Clarissa Guarilha. This year, the film won the FIPRESCI award in Cannes and was honoured at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for Best Director and Best Editing.

PUENTES URUGUAY for local professionals

As every year, a special PUENTES URUGUAY workshop for Uruguayan producers will take place alongside the international PUENTES programme from November 21-24. The local participants and the international group will have the opportunity to mingle during a special networking evening.

VENTANA SUR – PUENTES at the most important film market in Latin America

Thanks to the partnership between EAVE and the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, all PUENTES participants will be accredited to participate in the upcoming VENTANA SUR taking place from November 27 to December 1 in Buenos Aires.

As part of this partnership, EAVE will also organise a PUENTES networking cocktail during the market days.

MEET EAVE at VENTANA SUR: Ana Ruiz Miralles, Project Manager

Many thanks to our partners!

The PUENTES programme is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and IBERMEDIA.

EAVE would like to express its gratitude to the partners of PUENTES 2023 second workshop: Bocacha Films, Egeda Uruguay, Agencia del Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay – ACAU, Montevideo Audiovisual, Universidad Católica del Uruguay and Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, and to the partners of the first workshop in Udine: Fondo Audiovisivo FVG and MiC Ministero della Cultura.

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Apply now: EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative

Dear EAVE Producers,

As part of the European Film Market’s Diversity & Inclusion initiative towards a more inclusive market and film industry, the EFM we will be granting a total of 315 physical EFM Market Badges and Festival Accreditations, along with 70 online EFM Market Badges, to organisations, collectives, and institutions that champion and represent marginalised and Global South film professionals.

*** EAVE has been selected as one of those organisations and we are happy to launch a special call for applications for EAVE graduates who identify as part of marginalised and/or Global South communities in order to receive one free EFM Market Badge & Festival Accreditation.

* NB: Badges are intended for in-person attendance, and they are non-transferable and not convertible!

If you wish to apply, please send your CV, company profile and short motivation statement to tina@eave.org by November 27th.

The EFM Market Badge and Berlinale Film Festival Accreditation mainly provides access to festival screenings and the European Film Market venues in Berlin. Further details of the benefits provided by EFM physical Market Badges and festival accreditation can be found on EFM’s accreditation page. 

The EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative  is supported by Creative Europe Media, HessenFilm, the European Film Market (EFM) and the Berlinale, and aims at creating outreach and greater pathways into a more inclusive market and film industry at large for marginalised film professionals from across the globe.

The Market Badge + Festival Accreditation is recommended to filmmakers, producers, sales agents, buyers, for employees of production and distribution companies, persons working as a curator / manager for a film or cultural institution, a museum, cinema or film festival, commissioning editors, cinema programmers/ curators, teachers and/or researchers on a course whose central focus is on film, lawyers and employees in legal departments working in the film industry. Those profiles would highly benefit from attending the European Film Market.

*After selection, EFM will provide specific accreditation instructions to the selected participant who will need to formally apply until 20 December. After that date, EFM can no longer guarantee the participation in the programme.

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APPLY NOW: GREEN FILM LAB in Athens

In collaboration with EAVE, Green Film Lab promotes environmentally sustainable practices in audiovisual production and gives film professionals a new prespective on how to apply a green protocol and achieve certification.

The next round of the workshop will be held in Athens (Greece), thanks to the collaboration with the Greek Film Centre / Hellenic Film Commission. It will take place between 6th and 8th March, 2024.

GREEN FILM LAB looks for:

  • FILM AND SERIES INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS involved in the pre-production and production stages, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set and applying WITH or WITHOUT a project.
  • PROFESSIONALS with at least 2 years of experience in the field of environmental management interested in learning how an audiovisual production is carried out, how to apply their skills to the audiovisual context and who want to build a professional network in the film and series industry.
  • DELEGATES from Funds, Film Commissions, Film Institutions interested in knowing more about sustainability on set.
  • Green Film Lab especially welcomes applications from professionals who live in Greece and the nearby region, professionals who got support from Greek Film Centre/Hellenic Film Commission and/or who will shoot in Greece.

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9TH JANUARY 2024, 2:00 PM CET
Click HERE to visit the detailed call for applications.


For more information www.torinofilmlab.it, severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it

Green Film Lab is organised by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, organised by the National Museum of Cinema and Trentino Film Commission, in collaboration with EAVE.

Supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union.

 

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21 nominations at the European Film Awards 2023 for EAVE graduates

We are thrilled to announce that the following films by EAVE graduates were nominated for the European Film Awards 2023!

The European Film Awards, presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. The European Film Awards ceremony will take place on December 9th, in Berlin.

We will keep our list of nominations updated with further news.

European Film

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum

European Documentary

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

European Animated Feature Film

  • A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d’Alò, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
  • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

European Director

  • Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum

European Actress

  • Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
  • Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas

European Actor

  • Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic

European Screenwriter

  • Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik 

Special Awards

Lux Audience Award 2024

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

European University Film Award 2023

  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj

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The new edition of EAVE Marketing Workshop is kicking off today!

At EAVE, November is the time when creative ideas are born and innovative marketing strategies are developed!

The 2023 edition of the EAVE Marketing Workshop will take place in Luxembourg from 7 to 12 November. The event will bring together 36 filmmakers to get a 360˚ overview of the latest trends and tools in film marketing, including AI and social media marketing.

After a deep dive into the plenary sessions in the morning, participants will work on design thinking techniques in the afternoon with visual, tangible and playful exercises that are equally creative, innovative and strategic. Inspired by the EAVE sharing pedagogy, the result is a hands-on workshop with concrete tools that everyone can immediately apply in their own team. This informal way of learning facilitates network and community building across countries from all over the world.

Participants will be working alongside cutting-edge marketing specialists, such as Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (MK2 Films, FR – international sales & marketing) and Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency, ES – marketing consultant) and core contributors like PR Expert Michael Arnon (Wolf Consultants – PR, DE), and Distribution Expert Boris Pugnet (The Jokers Films, FR).

Other contributors and sessions include:

  • Lola Rodriguez (The Film Agency, Spain) and Kristoffer Barslund (Will and Agency / Publikum.io, DK) will give a session on Artificial Intelligence Opportunities in Marketing.
  • Social Media Expert Guillaume Boscher’s (Kelawin, FR) plenary and group sessions will focus on social media content tips and tools for Facebook and for Instagram.
  • Elena Neira (La Otra Pantalla - Professor, lecturer and researcher, ES) will dedicate her session to marketing and audiovisual consumption models in VOD platforms.
  • Manori Ravindran (Freelance journalist, Variety’s former executive editor) will give a lecture on International PR and Press and will work on Strategic Pitches for Press.

By the end of the week, the 36 carefully selected participants will have a complete overview of the actual marketing trades in terms of targeting and positioning, from international sales strategies to national publishing and creating awareness throughout the publishing process, including festivals.

"I expanded my knowledge in so many different layers. I am encouraged to brainstorm more, trust my instinct, take more initiatives and communicate my marketing plan more effectively. I have a different perspective of my role in the company, which gave me confidence and a boost of creativity."

Eleni Oulani, Heretic, Greece - Marketing Workshop Participant 2022

In 2023, one of the Marketing Workshop participants has been granted the EAVE Diversity scholarship (a special scholarship designated to European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour).

We warmly welcome the Marketing Buddies of previous EAVE Producers Workshops who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals: Nicola Ofoego, Simone Oliveira and Joanna Zielinska.

David Aymerich Herreria is benefitting from the LA INCUBADORA scholarship while Andraž Jerič received a scholarship thanks to EAVE’s partnership with Thessaloniki Crossroads.

Members of EAVE partners such as Europa International, Europa Distribution, CICAE and EUROVOD are benefitting from a reduced participation fee.


The selected participants and the eight projects that will serve as a tool for the group sessions are:

  • China Åhlander, Chinema Film Sweden, Sweden
  • David Aymerich Herreria, Ayhe Productions, Spain
  • Julien Beauvois, Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium
  • Brigita Beniušytė, M-Films, Lithuania | Project: HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST
  • Sigrid Bersmann, Film i Väst, Sweden
  • Paola Botrán, SIDERAL (ELAMEDIA ESTUDIOS), Spain | Project: CHEAPER THAN STEALING
  • Melanie Dastmalchi. Nexiko DK, Denmark
  • Eleanor Debreu, MIRAGE Film Festival, Norway
  • Stephanie Demers, h264, Canada
  • Jesús Fragoso, Movistar Plus+, Spain
  • Samuel Frazher, Fremantle Media International, United Kingdom
  • Nolwenn Gaudin, Goodfellas, France
  • Siri Hjorton Wagner, [sic] film, Sweden | Project: THE HOME
  • Sini Hormio, Mouka Filmi, DocPoint, Finland
  • Thierry Hugot, Eurimages - Council of Europe, France
  • Agata Jelenekova, NOVINSKI, Slovakia | Project: LIVING LARGE
  • Andraž Jerič, Temporama, Slovenia
  • Marina Lazarevska, Uzengija DOOEL, North Macedonia
  • Lucky Mwachi, LBx Africa, Kenya
  • Michal Myslinski, Aurora Films, Poland
  • Marija Nikčević, Film Centre of Montenegro, Montenegro
  • Nicola Ofoego, Black Mic Mac, France | Project: MAMA D'LO
  • Simone Oliveira, Globo Filmes, Brazil
  • Paulina Portela, Compañía de Cine, Argentina
  • Jeanne Marie Poulain, Art et essai, Canada
  • Nicolas Pubellier, StudioCanal, France
  • Maria Rabbe, Autlook Filmsales, Austria | Project: MOTHERBOARD
  • Eleonoora Rinnekangas, B-Plan Distribution, Finland
  • Karlee Rodrigues, Kino Lorber, USA
  • Joan Ruiz, Catalan Films, Spain
  • Sigrid Saag, Estonian Film Institute, Estonia
  • Nancy Schoesetters, Menuetto, Belgium
  • Bongiwe Selane, Blingola Media, South Africa | Project: COCONUT
  • Maria Luiza Troina Teixeira Gomes, Maria Farinha Films, Brazil | Project: DAIANE: THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY
  • Chiara Winkler, Rushlake Media, Germany
  • Joanna Zielinska, BIG WAVE FILMS, Poland

In addition to the 36 participants, EAVE is welcoming one special guest that will actively participate in the sessions:

  • Susana Costa Pereira, Creative Europe, Executive Coordinator

EAVE Marketing Workshop is funded by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and supported by the Film Fund Luxembourg.

EAVE thanks our partners for this edition: Thessaloniki Crossroads, LA INCUBADORA, CICAE, M:BRANE, Europa International, Erich Pommer Institute, Europa Distribution and EuroVOD.

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TIES THAT BIND unveils the 2023 selection and kicks off on Sunday in Taipei!

For its 15th edition, EAVE TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe, announces the selection of 25 participants including directors coming from 13 countries.

TTB takes place over a year through 2 workshops offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian film industries and markets. The participants benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to meet with key decision makers during the edition of TCCF – Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Taipei), and FOCUS ASIA, the Industry Section of the Udine Far East Film Festival (Italy).

The first workshop kicks off on Sunday, November 5, 2023 and the participants will work together in a group led by EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE) and TTB graduate Bianca Balbuena (Kroma Entertainment, PH). The two group leaders will guide the participants’ discussion and analysis of each other’s projects from both an Asian and European perspective.

TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR) has put together a team of leading industry professionals. Script consultant Clare Downs (UK) will introduce the main script development tools to strengthen the participants’ understanding of narrative principles, in order to enable them to navigate their writers through the script development process. Financing and legal expert Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media Group, FR) will elaborate on Legal Aspect of Co-Productions and, in a joint session with Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), will give detailed advice on the projects’ financing plans. Nicolas Brigaud Robert (Playtime, FR) will present the sales agents' current perspective while Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma, FR) will share all about ARTE. Foo Fei Ling (Ghost Grrrl Pictures, MY), Ellen Havenith (PRPL, NL), Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE), Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW) and Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media, ID) will join the co-production case study of the film TIGER STRIPES. In addition to these sessions, all selected participants will have individual meetings with Gabor Greiner (Film Boutique, DE), Keiko Funato (Alpha Violet, FR), Ming-Jung Kuo (Quinzaine des Cinéastes, FR) and Tanja Meissner (DE).

The following 10 participants focusing on project development with feature films in development and 5 participants focusing on career development wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia have been selected to participate in TTB 2023:

  • Alessia Acone, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Haziqah Azemi, Kapsul Studio, Malaysia
    Project: GAREK by Cech Ardea
  • Florence Giovani Chandra, Studio Antelope, Indonesia
    Project: FIRST BREATH AFTER COMA by Jason Iskandar
  • Svetlana Cherrier, Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire, France
  • Stefano Chiavarini, Piroetta Srl, Italy
  • Marta Cruanas Compes, Canada, Spain
    Project: TIME OF LONELINESS, VIOLENCE AND YOUTH by Jiajie Yu Yan
  • Guillaume Dreyfus, Tripode Productions, France
    Project: THREE TIMES JENNY by Milena Beurer Doenst
  • Martin Horyna, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
  • Frauke Kolbmüller, Oma Inge Film GmbH, Germany
    Project: IF I STAY by Su Jin Song
  • Maya Korn, MHK Productions, UK/Germany
    Project: ICON by Christina YR Lim
  • Mina Moteki, Kowatanda Films, Japan
    Project: TIDES by Anshul Chauhan
  • Alexandra Maria Poblete, Los Otros, Philippines
    Project: THE BOY AND THE FIGHT OF SPIDERS by Jarell Mahinay Serencio
  • Yu-Hao Su, InLight Film Studio, Taiwan
    Project: WILL YOU STILL BE MY FRIEND by Po Shun Lu
  • Katalina Tobón, BAM - Bogotá Audiovisual Market, Spain
  • Čarna Vučinić, Čarna Vučinić ENTP, Serbia
    Project: HOLY DAD by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević

TIES THAT BIND will take place in the framework of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), the key content marketplace in Asia, gathering selected entertainment content from Taiwan, Asia and beyond, and bringing buyers and professionals from all over the world to Taipei.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Taiwan Creative Content Festival - TCCF.

For more information please contact:

TTB Coordinator, Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

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Unlocking Leadership Excellence as Creative Producer Indaba Gathers Global Talent: 15 Participants Announced

Fifteen accomplished producers hailing from various corners of the globe have been selected to participate in the third edition of the Creative Producer Indaba (CPI).

This highly respected film industry professional development programme begins with an open assembly on 6 November, after which the cohort will attend the renowned Atlas Workshops, the dynamic industry programme of the Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco from 25 November to 1 December where they will  focus on legal and financial aspects of their work, as well as their own career development. Following this, they will attend the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) from 25 January to 2 February, 2024 where the programme will focus on marketing, sales and story development. The Indaba then culminates in a programme of online sessions from 8 to 12 April 2024.

The Creative Producer Indaba, conceived by Realness Institute under the leadership of programme director Elias Ribeiro, a Cape Town (SA) based NPO, has formed strategic alliances with noteworthy industry players such as EAVE, International Film Festival Rotterdam's IFFR Pro, and Atlas Workshops. Furthermore, in an effort to expand the Realness Network into the Global South, it has collaborated with the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, facilitating the participation of a Brazilian producer with interest in producing African projects.

"We're thrilled to welcome new collaborators on board, including the Canadian Film Fund, the Austrian Film Fund, Training Institute Focal, Jeune Création Francophone fund and the NFVF. Their support is a tremendous boost for the future sustainability of this vital program" says Elias Ribeiro, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Realness Institute.

The CPI offers this unique opportunity to 10 African producers, with and without projects, as well as 5 international producers to bolster their leadership and entrepreneurial capabilities, refine their production skills, and foster professional networks that span across both Africa and the international stage.

Having made significant contributions to the African film landscape Adja Mariam Soro (Côte d’Ivoire), Chloé Ortolé (Senegal), Dantagos Jimmy-Melani (Namibia), Godisamang Khunou (South Africa) and Nomusa Nkabinde (South Africa), are all seeking their next landmark venture and will use this opportunity to network, engage and seek out projects to become involved in.

Actively seeking international collaborators and financial backing to bring their visionary creations to life, African producers with projects in development include Dhia Jerbi (Tunisia), Kudakwashe Maradzika (South Africa/Zimbabwe), Misha Maseka (Zambia), Stefan Supplice (Morocco) and EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupa (Zimbabwe).

The international producers include Anouk Shad (Austria), Marie Ka and Sherien Barsoum (Canada), Rhea Plangg (Switzerland) and Yolanda Barroso (Brazil), who join the CPI with interest in investing and engaging with African film projects.

An impressive ensemble of industry experts will mentor the filmmakers – including Group Leaders Mehret Mandefro and Diana Elbaum, Story consultant and Creative Producer 2022 alumnus Tracey Lee Rainers. And, as part of the programme the cohort will be able to engage with seasoned ad highly experienced industry experts such as Femi Odugbemi, Sata Cissokho, Constanza Arena  and Dayo Ogunyemi, and IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic, who will share their skills, insights, and guidance.

Mehret Mandefro, the Director of Development and Partnership at the Realness Institute says “Training and connecting producers that can skillfully develop African stories and finance them for both the local and global market is a critical intervention.”

“EAVE is proud to partner again and contribute with our methodology for the third edition of  INDABA with an incredibly strong cohort of African and international producers who will enhance their entrepreneurial and producing skills and become part of a thriving professional support network through their participation,” says Kristina Trapp, the CEO of EAVE.

Vanja Kaldudjercic  IFFR Festival Director says “The Indaba is a powerful example of the importance of lasting bonds in our industry, both between the exciting talent on the programme and our partners at Realness, EAVE, the Atlas Workshops, and everyone else who makes this programme possible. We're delighted we can continue to develop the skills and creativity of these producers, and look forward to another fruitful edition.”

Head of Atlas Workshops at Marrakech IFF, Hédi Zardi says “Our collaboration with the program Creative Producer Indaba is very inspiring because it actively participates in the dynamic that we create within the Atlas Workshops. Indaba helps us anchor our support for the African producers of tomorrow. Creativity can only rhyme with diversity.”

The Realness Institute acknowledges the support of Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud, the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, the Austrian Film Institute, The Canada Media Fund, the Austrian Film Institute, The Swiss training organisation Focal and The Storyboard Collective, the Jeune Création Francophone fund and in partnership with European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), International Film Festival Rotterdam Pro (IFFR Pro), and Marrakech International Film Festival (Atlas Workshops).

For more information and submission details, please visit the Realness Institute website at https://www.realness.institute/creative-producer-indaba

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EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE receives funding

Finnish Film Foundation

The Board of The Finnish Film Foundation granted production support to 10 new feature films, documentaries and short film productions in October. Among them:

  • PEPE by Severi Koivusalo, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy
  • THE CURSE OF KANE by August B. Hanssen, Even G. Benestad, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen

https://ses.fi/en

 

Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

70 projects, of which 27 are fiction feature films, have been chosen by the Film Commission and are set to be supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre following the organisation’s second session of 2023. 

  • A PROPOS DE SOUSAN by Marie Le floc'h, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • ANIMALE by Emma Benestan, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BAGARRES by Catherine Cosme, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • EGOTRIP by Grégory Carnoli, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • FILLES DU CIEL by Bérangère Mc Neese, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • HELTER SKELTER by Paul Vincent de Lestrade, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • IL EST DES FEMMES QUI SE PERDRONT TOUJOURS by Eve Duchemin, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • IMAGO by Déni Pitsaev, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • L'AMAZONE by Camille Meynard, Emilie Maréchal producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • LE MYSTÉRIEUX REGARD DU FLAMANT ROSE by Diego Cespedes, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • L’INCUBATRICE by Jessica Woodworth, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduate Peter Brosens
  • LES PETIS VOLEURS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman 
  • MANEZA by Babetida Sadjo, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska
  • MULÂTRESSE SOLITUDE by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • PAROLE D’HOMME(S) by Marie Mc Court, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • PARTOUT LA LUMIÈRE by Pauline Beugnies, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Bournonville
  • VERMIGLIO, OU LA MARIÉE DES MONTAGNES by Maura Delpero, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
  • WE ARE FAMILY by Géraldine Doignon, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc

https://audiovisuel.cfwb.be

 

Slovenian Film Centre

The Slovenian Film Centre supports six feature films and four short films. Among them:

  • A WAY AWAY by Sara Kern, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • HOTEL ALKOHOL by Jan Cvitkovic, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
  • PERVERT GUIDE TO UTOPIA by Martin Rosenbaum, producers: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly, EAVE graduate Evan Horan, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • ZADNIJ DNEVI MAESTRALA by Igor Sterk, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Bostjan Virc
  • HISKA by Nika Jurman, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • WIND TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

www.film-center.si

 

Supported by the Norwegian Sorfond:

  • GURIA by Levan Kougashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • MARS AT NIGHTFALL by Edgar Sajcabun, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • SAM by E del Mundo, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun 
  • EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain, producers: EAVE graduates Aadnan Ahmed, Ingrid Lill Hogtun 

https://www.sorfond.no/news/s%C3%B8rfond-grants-for-nine-projects-in-2023

 

Czech Film Fund

Seven upcoming Czech fiction features received production support from the Czech Film Fund. Among them:

  • WILD HUNT by Marek Najbrt, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal 
  • COWGIRL by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova 

https://filmcommission.cz

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EAVE project THE LOST SON by Darko Stante is shooting!

In production

  • EAVE project THE LOST SON by Darko Stante, producers: EAVE graduates Nina Robnik, Miha Cernec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou started shooting. The film tells a story about police investigator Andrej, who encounters his long-lost brother Kristian during an intervention in a case of domestic abuse, where the latter is the perpetrator. Andrej left the family home, dominated by their abusive father, 12 years prior and severed all contact with his family. Now, he makes an effort to help Kristian, risking his professional career in process. The script, written by the filmmaker himself, was developed at the ScriptTeast and at EAVE Producers Workshop. Regarding his directorial vision, Štante said: “I am wondering if the cycle of violence, running from one generation into the next, making the victim become the perpetrator, can be broken. Despite the heavy topic, I am trying to make a film that can communicate with a wide audience, spreading the discussion further.”  The producers of the film are Miha Černec and Nina Robnik for Slovenian outfit Staragara. The co-production companies are Propeler Film from Croatia (represented by Boris T Matić and Lana Matić), Kaval Film (Robert Jazadzizki) from North Macedonia and Graal Film (Konstantina Stavrianou) from Greece. THE LOST SON has received support from the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenia, Studio Viba Film, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme and the Re-Act initiative. The shoot, taking place on location around Ljubljana and in Trieste, Italy, should last for 30 days, according to the schedule.

www.staragara.com

  • TIES THAT BIND project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevičius, producer: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal is currently shooting. The film written by Saulė Bliuvaitė tells the story of martial arts champion Osvaldas, who is expelled from the federation after accidentally hitting a girl. No longer able to participate in tournaments, Osvaldas spends his days in a cheap "China Sea" restaurant owned by a Taiwanese immigrant. When he convinces his former mentor to grant him a second chance, he takes a job as a martial arts coach for teens and proves to be good at it until the past catches up with him. The film is produced by Ieva Cern through Film Jam (Lithuania) in coproduction with Marta Gmosińska through Lava Films (Poland), Jakub Kostal through Bionaut (Czech Republic) and Amy Ma through Ma Studios (Taiwan). The Lithuanian Film Centre, the Polish Film Institute, the Czech Film Fund and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) supported the project. The date of completion is the autumn of 2024.

www.filmneweurope.com

  • TIES THAT BIND project A MISSING PART by Guillaume Senez, producers: TTB graduate Nathan Duboutay, EAVE graduate Jacques-Henry Bronckart is shooting. The film paints the portrait of Jay, every day, he drives through Tokyo behind the wheel of his taxi looking for his daughter Lily. Separated for 9 years, he’s never been able to get custody. Just when he’s stopped hoping to see her again and is about to return to France, Lily comes into his taxi, but doesn’t recognise him… Guillaume Senez therefore returns to his favourite themes and also explores an aspect of Japanese culture that remains little known in the West, namely that many divorces lead to the almost complete rupture of bonds with one of the two parents, especially when that parent is a foreigner. Guillaume Senez is working for the first time with Belgian producers Nathan Duboutay  and Jacques-Henry Bronckart for Versus Production. Co-produced by Les Films Pelléas (France) and Savage Film (Belgium), in partnership with the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, RTBF, VOO and Be tv, Proximus, the Federal Belgian Government Tax Shelter and the Inver Tax Shelter, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and O’Brother Distribution. In France, the film benefits from the support of the CNC, France 2 Cinéma, OCS, Disney+, Haut et Court Distribution, and Soficas Indéfilms, LBPI and Cinécap. Executive production in Japan is handled by Mam Film. Shooting which will continue until 3 December in Japan, between Tokyo, Sagami Bay and Yokohama.

http://www.versusproduction.be

  • MARIANENGRABEN by Eileen Byrne, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini is in production. The novel adaptation of the same name by Jasmin Schreiber tells the story of Paula, whose will to live is extinguished after her little brother Tim drowns in the sea in Trieste. But when she meets old Helmut, who wants to take his ex-wife's urn to Italy, she finally sees a glimmer of hope. She decides to travel to the beach in Trieste, where her brother died, to find closure. During the journey, she not only picks up a new zest for life but also develops an unexpected friendship with Helmut. The international co-production involves partners from Luxembourg (Samsa Film), Austria (Film AG Produktions GmbH) and Italy (Albolina Film), with funding coming from Film Fund Luxembourg, IDM Südtirol, ÖFI+ and MiC. Alamode Film will release the film in German and Austrian cinemas throughout 2024.

www.samsa.lu

  • MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is in production. Production began early this month on MARIA, the Chilean director’s new film on Maria Callas, known as La Divina and one of the most revered opera singers of the 20th century. Angelina Jolie is in the title role. Originally born in New York to Greek-immigrant parents, Callas received her musical training after returning to Greece, and battled through 1940s wartime poverty to establish herself later in Italy as a bel canto star; later on, her life was ridden by scandal, tragedy and her struggle with near-sightedness. The movie, as per the official logline, will tell “the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Callas possessed a tremulous, emotive soprano range that will definitely be aurally familiar to viewers, given the abundance of classic opera “cues” in various cinema and media. It’s an instrument that feels like it could shatter glass, in the time-honoured cliché, yet it has a stirring, grandiose quality. The film is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín for Chile’s Fabula, Lorenzo Mieli for Italy’s The Apartment Pictures and Jonas Dornbach for Germany’s Komplizen Film.

www.komplizenfilm.de

  • NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE+ graduate Ilkka Matila is in production. The World War II-set drama is based on true events and Rony Smolar’s biography Uncle Stiller. The picture is predominantly set on the eve of World War II, when Finland began taking in refugees from Germany and Austria. In detail, the story centres on unsung hero Abraham Stiller, an elderly Jewish man who tries to prevent the Finnish government from handing over Jewish refugees to the Gestapo and to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Producer Ilkka Matila reported that the movie has been in the works for almost 15 years. The project is being filmed in Estonia and Finland. NEVER ALONE is being produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions in co-production with Estonia’s Taska Film, Sweden’s HOBAB, Austria’s Samsara Filmproduktion and Germany’s Penned Pictures. It has also received backing from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3, CMore, Konstsamfundet, the Church Media Foundation, the Swedish Film Institute, SVT, the Austrian Film Institute, ORF, the Estonian Film Institute and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

www.matilarohr.com

  • MEURSAULT CONTRE-ENQUÊTE by Malek Bensmaïl, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont is in production. Written by Malek Bensmaïl and Jacques Fieschi based on Kamel Daoud’s novel of the same name, the story is set in Oran in 1996, when elderly, retired bachelor Haroun tells a young journalist an incredible story dating back to the summer of 1942: he claims to be the brother of the "Nameless Arab" killed in Albert Camus’ famous novel… The film is produced by Fred Prémel on behalf of Tita B Productions and by Hachemi Zertal for Algerian firm Hikayet Films, in co-production with Belgium’s Need Productions and Switzerland’s Imago Films. Notably backed by the CNC (via an advance on receipts and the Fonds Images de la Diversité fund), the Ile-de-France region and Procirep, the movie will be shot over a four-week period in Oran, Algiers and Hadjout.

www.needproductions.com

  • FLOOD by Martin Gonda, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel is in production. The producers are applying the principles of green filming. It is the second Slovak green film produced by Silverart. “Benefiting from our previous experiences, with the first Slovak ‘green-film’ STAND UP, directed by Juraj Bohus, we applied the principles of green filming also in the preproduction and the production of FLOOD . We hired a certified green film manager long ahead of the shooting to carefully plan all the steps towards a sustainable production. We use our set of 10 basic rules, the ‘Ten Green Commandments’, which cover all the departments throughout the entire production process,“ producer Katarina Krnacova said. Set in the 1980’s, FLOOD tells the story of Mara, whose home valley is doomed due to the project of a new water reservoir. The villagers are forced to gradually leave their homes. Mara longs to leave the countryside and study in town, however, her father, who is a Ruthenian farmer, keeps her tied to the family land, which he refuses to let go of despite the end approaching. Mara finds herself in the core of the village community fighting against the failing infrastructure, hidden terrors of the authorities and the incoming flood. „Most of the characters are played by authentic Ruthenian actors and non-professional actors from this particular region. It is actually the first feature film about Ruthenians that is also in their language, since most of the dialogues are in Ruthenian“ Krnacova said. Katarina Krnacova and Tomas Gic are producing through Silverart in co-production with Izabela Igel through Polish Harine Films, Viktor Schwarcz through CINEART TV Prague and Henry Gillet through Belgian Y-House. The film was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Polish Film Institute, the Radio and Television Slovakia, the Minority Culture Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Košice Self-Governing Region, Czech Film Fund and the Belgian Tax Shelter.

www.silverartfilm.sk

 

In post-production

  • AFTER THE SUMMER by Denis Tanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, and EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci is in post-production. The movie is envisioned as a comedy-drama with an unlikely late-summer romance at its core. That romance transforms into a story of acceptance and love towards the other, the island, one’s own roots and, most importantly, oneself. AFTER THE SUMMER is being produced by Lana Matic and Boris T Matic for Croatian production house Propeler Film. The co-producers are Jelena Mitrovic, Miha Černec, Josko Rutar, Mirsad Purivatra, EAVE FFF graduate Jovan Marjanovic and Anamaria Antoci. The film has been financially supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Sarajevo Canton Cinema Foundation, the Romanian National Film Center, BH Telecom and Creative Europe – MEDIA.

www.staragara.com

  • THE PRICE OF MONEY: A LARGO WINCH ADVENTURE by Olivier Masset-Depasse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is in post-production. The film has been adapted from volumes 13 and 14 of the comic hit series The Price of Money, and The Law of the Dollar, which return to their comic book roots by dragging the hero into a complicated investigation against a backdrop of globalisation and other mergers and acquisitions, confronting him with his own contradictions. Devastated by the kidnapping of his 15-year-old son, Largo Winch is trying to hold it together when one of his associates brutally takes his own life in the middle of a press conference. Just as the world seems to be turning against him and his industrial empire folding, he discovers that the two events may be linked: if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he’ll see his son again? Largo doesn’t yet realise that his quest will lead him directly to hell. The film is carried out by Belgian producer Jacques-Henri Bronckart on behalf of Versus Production and Nathalie Gastaldo Godeau for Pan-Européenne (France).  

www.versusproduction.be

  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator  Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic and Marina Gumzi is currently in post-production. It is a story about a shy and sensitive teenager Lucia, who navigates between the expectations of society and the discovery of her own sexuality. "I am grateful that I can make films and that through artistic reflection, above all, through myself and through the world around me, I can provoke the audience with questions, criticism, empathy and a sense of one's own being," says director Urska Djukic, who penned the script with Marina Gumzi. LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS is produced by Jozko Rutar through Spok Films (Slovenia), Miha Cernec and David Cej through Staragara I.T. (Italy), and Katarina Prpic through Izazov 365 (Croatia), in co-production with Slovenia’s Nosorogi and RTV Slovenija. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija, Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA-Mic (MIBACT), the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, the Film Commission Friuli Venezia Gulia (FVG) and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, with technical support provided by FS Viba. The development of the film was supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA, RE-ACT and Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

www.staragara.com

  • THE SILENT TREATMENT by Caroline Strubbe, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin is in post-production. Tess, an odd 18-year-old Belgian woman with Stockholm syndrome, stalks an introverted, forty something Szabolcs in Budapest. His girlfriend Andrea secretly tries to approach the young stalker in order to help her confront Szabolcs with her questions about her troubled past. Gradually all three of them discover to what extent this tragic background affects their current relationships and learn to reconcile their past. THE SILENT TREATMENT is produced by Tomas Leyers of Minds Meet (Belgium) in co-production with Denis Vaslin of Volya Films (the Netherlands) and Judit Stalter of Laokoon Filmgroup (Hungary). With support from the VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Film Fund), Screen Brussel, Minds Meet equity, GFW invest, Tax Shelter, NFF (the Netherlands Film Fund), LFF (Limburg Film Fund), the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and the Hungarian Tax Rebate. "This collaboration is fantastic with Caroline and her producers, Tomas Leyers - MindsMeet and the Voya Films from the Netherlands. It was a pleasure to be part of a production with a real Hungarian storyline, with Hungarian characters, and where Budapest can shape itself. One of the defining locations of our film is the justly famous Gellér Hotel, which we managed to capture with its original patina before its closure and complete renovation", Hungarian co-producer Judit Stalter.

http://www.mindsmeet.eu

  • THE SHADOW by Jaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE + graduate Kristian Taska is in post-production. A struggling poet and an unlikely detective is solving frightening murder cases in 1890s Estonia, in a period of heavy Russification from the Tsar. Fighting crime and his inner demons, the detective is torn between madness and sanity, darkness and light. In crazy times, a madman might turn out to be the most effective of them all. Indrek Hargla, who penned Melchior the Apothecary series, wrote the script. Kristian Taska is producing through Estonian Taska Film, Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken through Apollo Film Productions and Armin Karu through HansaFilm, in co-production with Tuuli Roosma through Reede. The project is supported by the Estonian Film Foundation, as well as the Tartu Film Fund, Apollo Film Productions and HansaFilm

www.taska.ee/en-us

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EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT wins the Grand Prix at CinÉast

San Sebastian Film Festival

EAVE graduates scoop six awards at the San Sebastian Film Festival:

  • THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens won the Golden Shell for best film.
  • PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite was awarded the Silver Shells for Best Screenplay and for the Best Leading Performance (ex aequo Marcelo Subiotto and Tatsuya Fuji)
  • KALAK by Isabella Eklöf, producer: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Leontine Petit won Best Cinematography Award and the Special Jury Prize
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen received the Horizontes Latinos Award
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award

www.sansebastianfestival.com

 

Zurich Film Festival

  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu scooped the Golden Eye for Best Feature Film at the Zurich Film Festival.

zff.com/en

 

Werner Herzog Film Award

  • PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won the Werner Hezog Film Award 2023.

Once a year the Werner Herzog Foundation offers the Werner Herzog Film Award in cooperation with the Film Archive Munich. The award is meant for innovative works by filmmakers all around the world and is endowed with €5,000

“Patient #1” will have its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on November 9.

variety.com/t/werner-herzog/

 

CinÉast Luxembourg

  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslinwas awarded the Grand Prix at CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival.
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Special Jury Prize and the Ciritcs' Prize
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention by the Press Jury.

www.cineast.lu

 

Filmfest Hamburg

Three awards for EAVE graduates at the Filmfest Hamburg:

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Critics' Choice Award
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator  Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas received the Arthouse Cinema Award
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno won the MAJA: the Michel Award for Best Children's and Youth Film

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT by Denis Tarasov, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev won a Special Mention in the 1-2 Competition
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Crème de la Crème Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival
  • EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué, co-producers: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Ecumenical Jury Award 
  • I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE by Zdeněk Jiráský, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the Special Jury Award
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek won Best Film in the Documentary Competition

wff.pl

 

Chicago International Film Festival

  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Gold Hugo for Best Film and the Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay.
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Silver Hugo: Jury Prize
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Silver Hugo for Best Performance
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won the Silver Hugo: Best Ensemble Cast Performance and Best Cinematography.
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the Gold Hugo in the International Documentary Competition
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Silver Q-Hugo
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature

www.chicagofilmfestival.com

 

Sitges Fantastic Film Festival

  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Clemens Köstlin won Best Music at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Best Motion Picture New Visions Award Special Mention
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele wins Best Direction
  • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas won the Grand People's Choice Award for best feature film
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch won the José Luis Guarner Critics' Award for best film
  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won Best animated feature film in the Anima't section 
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith wins Best Actress (Zafreen Zairizai)
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won Best actor and the Citizen Kane Award for best new director 

sitgesfilmfestival.com

 

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis wins the main award: the New Visions Golden Puffin at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Special Jury Award won the New Visions Special Mention

riff.is

 

MajorDocs Mallorca

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won the Audience Award at MajorDocs, the Mallorca Documentary Film Festival.

majordocs.org

 

Golden Rose Varna

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova was awarded Best Film at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Varna
  • THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho won Best Debut Feature

https://zlatnaroza.bg

 

Athens International Film Festival

  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas won the Golden Athena Award for Best Film at the Athens International Film Festival.
  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre won the City of Athens Best Director Award
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch, Sarah  Born receives a Special Mention

http://en.aiff.gr

 

Irish Film and Television Academy Awards

  • NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm won the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Academy IFTA awards of 2023.  

www.ifta.ie

 

Film Fest Gent

  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Film Fest Gent
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Original Music
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius received the Explore Award from the Explore Zone Jury

www.needproductions.com

 

Riga International Film Festival

  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Riga IFF’s main award, the Golden Rooster.
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention

www.rigaiff.lv

 

Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose

  • OBSERVING by Janez Burger, produced by EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Vesna Awards for Best Female Lead Role, Best Production Design and Best Sound.
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja won Best Cinematography and Best Minority Co-production at the Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose
  • SOIL by Alex Cvetkov, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec won a Vesna Award for Special Achievement
  • THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT by Ivan Gergolet, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won Best Director, the Art Kino Network of Slovenia (AKMS) Award and the Iridium Award for Best Feature Debut
  • WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar received the Vesna awards for Best Fiction Feature Film, Bst Script, Best Male Lead Role and Best Male Supporting Role and Best Make-up.

https://fsf.si

 

Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal 

  • CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand won Best feature film of the International panorama section
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors won Best feature film in the International competition at the Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal 
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas receives the FIPRESCI Award
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won Best feature film in the National competition

https://nouveaucinema.ca/fr

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Six projects developed at EAVE workshops in the run for the Oscars!

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

37 films by EAVE graduates have been nominated to represent their country in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars:

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach – Turkey
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova – Bulgaria
  • BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi – Palestine
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange and B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Filipa Reis, Oliver Damian – Mongolia
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef,  EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler – Romania
  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti – Greece
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin – Georgia
  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by EAVE graduate Oge Obasi - Nigeria
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin – Chile
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Gary Cranner – Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff – Finland
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri – Iceland
  • HANGING GARDENS by Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh - Iraq
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj– North Macedonia
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland – Costa Rica
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser – Jordan
  • IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT by Garry Keane, Stephen Gerard Kelly, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine – Ireland
  • MY FREEDOM by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Marija Razgute – Latvia
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk – Belgium
  • OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producers: EAVE graduates Annika Rogell, Peter Possne, Ruben Thorkildsen – Sweden
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek - Slovakia
  • RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec, Danijel Pek, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanović, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar – Slovenia
  • SIRIN by Senad Sahmanovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alem Babic - Montenegro
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius – Lithuania
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat – Estonia
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit – Netherlands
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves – Argentina
  • THE LAST ASHES by Loïc Tanson, associate producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux – Luxembourg
  • THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski - Poland
  • THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic – Denmark
  • THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producers: EAVE graduates Carine Chichowski, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin – Kyrgyzstan
  • THUNDERS by Ioane Bobeica, producer: EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr. - Moldova
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen – Mexico
  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norvilliene, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic – Croatia
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards– Indonesia
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith – Malaysia

www.oscar.go.com

 

European Film Awards

Here is the full list of the feature films, documentary films and animated feature films by EAVE producers nominated for the European Film Awards 2023:

 

Feature Film Selection

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, produced by EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez
  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, produced by EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner
  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, associate producers: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-produced by EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye, Adis Djapo
  • THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kroger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch

 

Documentary Film Selection

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

 

Animated Feature Film Selection

  • A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d’Alò, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
  • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

 

European University Film Award nominees

  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas

The European Film Awards Ceremony takes place on December 9 in Berlin.

www.europeanfilmacademy.org

 

Coprocity Development Award

Ten projects are selected for the 2023 Coprocity Development Award. Among them:

  • 40, MARIA-LUISA BOULEVARD by Kristina Spassovka, producer: EAVE graduate Maya Vitkova-Kosev
  • AFTER DARK by Erenik Beqiri, producer: EAVE  graduates Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti
  • ELENA by Dalia Huerta Cano, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • THE MELTDOWN by Manuela Martelli, producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech
  • WE WON’T GET OLD TOGETHER by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu

https://www.coprocity.com

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INGEBORG BACHMANN in cinemas around Europe

In French cinemas

  • LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. October 4.

www.pimientafilms.com

  • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland. October 4.

www.chevaldeuxtrois.com

  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic. October 4.

www.kinorama.hr

  • EAVE project VICENTA B. by Carlos Lechuga, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Calvino, Dag Hoel. October 11.

https://www.facebook.com/cachafilmscuba

  • LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes. October 25.

www.helicotronc.com

 

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland. October 18.

www.chevaldeuxtrois.com

  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith. October 25.

www.versusproduction.be

 

 

In UK cinemas

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. October 23.

www.iniciafilms.com

  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja. October 25. 

http://www.pipser.hr

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. October 25.

www.vikingfilm.nl

  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel. October 26.

www.daghoel.com

 

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper. October 26.

www.heimatfilm.biz

  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 26.

www.heimatfilm.biz

 

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 26.

www.heimatfilm.biz

 

 

In German cinemas

  • La BÊTE DANS LA JUNGLE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger. October 4.

www.aurorafilms.fr

  • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang. October 11. 

http://loadedfilms.jp

  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 18.

www.heimatfilm.biz

  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. October 26.

www.eyeworks.be

 

 

In Irish cinemas

  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 27.

www.elementpictures.ie

 

 

In Luxembourgish cinemas

  • THE LAST ASHES (LÄIF A SÉIL) by Loic Tanson, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator  Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies and EAVE group leader Jani Thiltges. October 27. 

http://www.lunafilm.ro

 

 

In Norwegian cinemas

  • APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE graduate Antoine Simkine. October 29.

www.lavafilms.pl

 

 

In Polish cinemas

  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. October 27.

www.vikingfilm.nl

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 27.

www.hifilm.ro

 

 

In Swedish cinemas

  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 27.

www.heimatfilm.biz

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EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS travels to Tokyo

Filmfest Hamburg (September 28 – October 7)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LAST SHADOW AT FIRST LIGHT by Nicole Midori Woodford, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Chua, Bostjan Virc, Yulia Evina Bhara 
  • L'ÊTRE HUMAIN by Michael Klier, producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic  
  • OF LIVING WITHOUT ILLUSION by Katharina Lüdin, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial 
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

EXPLORER KONFERENZ (October 6)

Sessions in partnership with EAVE:

  • Documentary (and Drawing) Power driving Social Change with EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo

EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE! is a six-part documentary series about female cartoonists in Mexico, USA, Russia, India, Syria, and Egypt. The series blends documentary and animation in exploration of themes such as female representation, femicide, censorship, and democracy. EAVE graduate Producer Hanne Phlypo of Clin d’Oeil Films (Brussels) explored how documentary film can drive social change and shared her experience on packaging, financing, producing and releasing this project. Draw for Change! is produced in collaboration with European broadcasters and is being released as a TV-series, one-offs, a VR experience, an exhibition and a book.

  • Social Impact Entertainment and impact-driven decision making with EAVE+ graduate Mariana Oliva and Luana Lobo

Stories have the power to change the world. But it is not only about the stories themselves, it is also about how works – films and series in particular – are having an impact based on the ways they are produced and marketed. EAVE+ graduates Luana Lobo and Mariana Oliva from Maria Farinha Filmes (Sao Paulo) dived into the particular business model and collective intelligence of their production company, that is fully dedicated to social impact entertainment, diversity and sustainability, and explored how they have implemented work principles based on these values, with an innovative form of leadership, and a focus on audience development.

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz (October 3 – 10)

  • 20 METROV by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • HOFFMAN'S LAW by Aleksander Kogoj Jr, producer: EAVE grduate Jerca Jeric
  • OBSERVING by Janez Burger, produced by EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik
  • SHOOTING BLANKS by Ziga Virc, producers: EAVE graduates Bostjan Virc, Sinisa Juricic
  • SOIL by Alex Cvetkov, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
  • SPORTS DAY by August Adrian Braatz, producer: EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
  • THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT by Ivan Gergolet, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar

https://fsf.si

 

Busan International Film Festival  (October 4 – 13)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
  • THE PLOUGH (LE GRAND CHARIOT) by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
  • THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

www.biff.kr

 

Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal  (October 4 – 15)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchoiu, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese

www.nouveaucinema.ca

 

BFI London Film Festival  (October 4 – 15)

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

www.bfi.org.uk

 

Sitges Film Festival  (October 5 – 15)

  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Clemens Köstlin
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
  • IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN by Kenneth Dagatan, producer: TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena, Stefano Centini
  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
  • TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

http://sitgesfilmfestival.com

 

CinÉast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxemburg  (October 5 – 22)

  • A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON by Gentian Koci, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • ANOTHER LOTTERY TICKET by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin
  • ESCORT by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE graduate, group  leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
  • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
  • THE 9TH STEP by Irma Puzauskaite, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.cineast.lu

 

Warsaw Film Festival  (October 8 – 17)

  • ANXIETY by Slawomir Fabicki, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik 
  • DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT by Denis Tarasov, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev
  • EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, co-producers: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar  
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE by Zdeněk Jiráský, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the Special Jury Award
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek won Best Film in the Documentary Competition
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • THE LAST MEN by David Oelhoffen, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova

www.wff.pl

 

Gent International Film Festival  (October 11 – 24)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • AMAL by Jawad Rhalib, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen de Waele
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • EAVE project COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON by Mounia Akl, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sophie Erbs, Katrin Pors, Sergi Moreno, Ingrid Lill Høgtun
  • CREATURA by Elena Martín, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO by Cyril Aris, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
  • HOME by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

www.filmfestival.be

 

Chicago International Film Festival (October 11 – 22)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

www.chicagofilmfestival.com

 

Riga International Film Festival (October  12 – 22)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin 
  • ERIK STONEHEART by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Aleksi Bardy, Roberts Vinovskis
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki 
  • FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

https://rigaiff.lv/en

 

Astra Film Festival Sibiu (October 14 – 21)

  • A HOLY FAMILY by Elvis A-Liang Lu, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon

www.astrafilm.ro

 

European Work in Progress, Cologne (October 16 – 18)

  • ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Dekr-Jan Warrink 
  • BREATHING UNDERWATER by Eric Lamhène, producer: EAVE graduate Claude Waringo
  • NOTHING IN ITS PLACE by Burak Cevik, producer: EAVE graduate İpek Erden
  • RESTLESS by Elmar Imanov, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
  • SECOND HAND LAND by Wasiliki Bleser, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • SIMAS SONG by Roya Sadat, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
  • THE NEW ILLUSION by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
  • THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
  • TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs

www.european-work-in-progress.eu

 

La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival (October 16 – 22)

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE by Lav Diaz, producer: producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum 
  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite 
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith

www.fif-85.com

 

Rome Film Festival (October 17 – 29)

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi

www.romacinemafest.it

 

DOK Leipzig (October 17 – 23)

  • 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE by Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
  • BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
  • DER WIND NIMMT DIE MIT, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
  • EAVE project DISTURBED EARTH directed and produced by EAVE graduate Guillermo Carreras-Candi
  • EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE!: We Exist, We Resist by Mariana Cadenas Sangronis, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producer: EAVE graduates Katarína Tomková, Tomáš Michálek
  • PLANET B by Pieter Van Eecke, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • PLAYING MEN by Matjaž Ivanišin, producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser
  • POND by Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust, producer: EAVE graduate Sarah Born
  • SILENT SUN OF RUSSIA by Sybilla Tuxen, producers: EAVE graduates Rikke Tambo Andersen, Maria Møller Christoffersen
  • SKATE THE CITY by Lies Van der Auwera, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • STILL LIFE WITH WOMAN, TEA AND LETTER by Tess Martin, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • THE STANDSTILL by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
  • THE GATE by Jasmin Herold, Michael David Beamish, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • THE WAGES OF JOHN PERNIA directed and produced by EAVE graduate Ben Young
  • THE WIND IS TAKING THEM directed and produced by EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
  • VIKA! by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Stylińska, co-producer: EAVE graudate Heino Deckert
  • VISTA MARE by Florian Kofler, Julia Gutweniger, producer: EAVE graduate Bernhard Holzhammer,
  • WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS by Peter Mettler, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer 

Selected for Dok Leipzig Co-Pro Market

  • DECEMBER by Grzegorz Paprzycki, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite

www.dok-leipzig.de

 

Viennale (October 19 – 31)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch, Sarah Born
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE by Lav Diaz, producer: producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew 
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas.
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney 
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat 
  • STILLSTAND by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
  • THE PLOUGH (LE GRAND CHARIOT) by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
  • THE PRACTICE by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

www.viennale.at/en

 

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MEET EAVE IN NOVEMBER!

@ CHANGE, November 4 - 8, Tbilisi (GE)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

@ TIES THAT BIND Workshop 1, November 5 - 9, Taipei (TW) 

TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher

@ EAVE Marketing Workshop, November 7 - 12, Luxembourg 

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (Nov 8 – 11), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

@ Cutting Edge Talent Lab, November 17 - 19, Mannheim (DE) 

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp

@ PUENTES Workshop 2, November 20 - 26, Montevideo (UY) 

EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

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ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch kicks off today!

Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and EAVE Ties That Bind (TTB) have joined forces to launch the first edition of the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch, a new initiative targeting producers with (young adult) animated projects from Asia and Europe with the potential and desire to explore new financing and co-production opportunities, new markets, and new audiences in both continents.

Out of the impressive number of submissions received – over 110 from 28 different countries/regions, the Animation Lab selection committee – featuring Justin Deimen (108 Media/SAVVA, SG), Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, SK), Kanji Kazahaya (Culture Connect Co., JP) and Matija Sturm (CEE Animation Workshop, SI) – have announced the final line-up of 9 projects in development coming from 4 European and 5 Asian countries/regions.

The ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch will take place over 2 separate programmes offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian animation industries and markets. The participants will benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to pitch their project in front of key decision makers during the upcoming edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market in Singapore.

The first online programme kicks off today and over the next 5 days, October 30 - November 3, 2023, selected participants will be able to attend a rich and diverse workshop crafted by the Lab curator Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, SK), who has put together a team of leading industry professionals: Ervin Han will present a general overview of Asian-European financing landscape, Katarzyna Siniarska (New Europe Film Sales) will lead the session “Working with a Sales Agent”, Jean François Le Corre (Vivement Lundi!) and Justin Deimen (108 Media/SAVVA) will elaborate on the “Good Practice of Co-Production”, Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation) will share tips to package and pitch a project while Bonnie Williams will share tips on organising and conducting market meetings.

All participants will thereon have individual consultations with 4 experts that will revise their project packages (Jean-François Le Corre and Kanji Kazahaya) and their financing strategies (Jean-Baptiste Babin-Backup Media and Justin Deimen).

The second on-site programme will take place from December 6 - 8, 2023 within the frame of ATF in Singapore, and it will feature experts’ lectures, individual consultancies, a pitching component and a series of prearranged one-to-one meetings between selected teams and decision makers & financiers.

The following 9 projects wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia and Europe have been selected to participate in the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch:

  • Brian, Whatube Studios, Taiwan
  • Chill Out, Girl, BCH Entertainment, Indonesia
  • Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw, Twenty Manila (Ludritz Ventures, Inc.), Philippines
  • Moss, Imagic TV, Spain
  • Republic of Cats – Vanishing Utopia, Jet Set Go, Japan
  • Something Great, Sumimasen Pte. Ltd., Singapore
  • Trouble Magnet, Fabian&Fred, Germany
  • Twice Upon a Time, To Blink Animation, Serbia
  • Tytus Romek & A’Tomek, EGoFILM, Poland

ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch 2023 will take place in the framework of the Asia TV Forum & Market, Asia’s leading content market and conference, and it will be organised by ATF and Ties That Bind with the support of lead sponsor Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), sponsors Film Development Council Philippines (FDCP) and Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), and in collaboration with CEE Animation Workshop.

TIES THAT BIND, based in Udine, is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European.

About Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2023

Into its 24thedition, Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region’s leading entertainment content market and conference – is the proven industry platform to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry’s top players from around the world. It’s where the best minds meet, and the future of Asia’s content is shaped. For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com

About EAVE 

European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development, and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

About FVG Audiovisual Fund 

First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products. Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

About Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA)

The Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), a non-profit association that seeks to unify media producers and media financiers in the region. The association's mission is to advance creative development across the region, promote Southeast Asian audio-visual content and capabilities internationally, as well as stimulate business collaborations between its members.

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CONTACTS

Media Contact: Candy Cheah, RX Singapore | candy.cheah@rxglobal.com

Lab & Pitch Contact (ATF): ATF Lab & Pitch Team | atf.conference@rxglobal.com

Lab & Pitch Contact (EAVE): Alessandra Pastore | tiesthatbind@eave.org

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WEMW opens the second round of calls for the EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs!

Only one day to go before the deadline of the WEMW Co-Production Forum call for projects in development, and it’s already time to launch a second round of WEMW programmes focusing on career boost, acceleration in strategic company development and reinforced company sustainability.

Starting from today and until November 20, European producers have the chance to apply to the third edition of EAVE Slate, an innovative programme that will offer consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning to companies that are developing a slate of A/V works.

Until November 20, producers coming from Europe, Canada and Latin America will also be able to apply to one of our Inspirational Labs, a series of mini-workshops meant to stimulate selected participants to develop new content and explore new business models. Run in collaboration with leading training programmes and international partners, the eight Labs will offer a deeper insight on drama series content, animation production, impact & outreach strategy, online distribution and co-financing, video game development, genre film production, virtual production and East & West International Co-Production. 

 

EAVE Slate & Inspirational Labs at a glance!

EAVE Slate

EAVE Slate will select up to 12 European and Latin American companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will combine the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for the selected companies and to outline how to pick the right projects to include in the company slates.

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ANIMA SPIRIT | Animation Inspirational Lab

in partnership with CEE Animation Workshop

ANIMA SPIRIT is designed as an entrance door for experienced producers and film companies coming from live action or documentary, wanting to discover the exciting and complex world of animated film production. The Lab will combine group work, individual consultancies, and lectures on financial and creative aspects of animation production.

The Lab is hosted by the CEE Animation Workshop team and led by experts Martin Vandas (producer, Czech Republic) and Agne Adomene (creative producer at Art Shot studio, Lithuania).

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COLD OPEN | Drama Series Inspirational Lab

in partnership with MIDPOINT Institute

COLD OPEN will once again select international producers, with a background in feature films, who aspire to shift to drama series content. The programme will be led by MIDPOINT Institute's tutors and experts, and will include lectures, group sessions and individual consultations, aiming to supply hands-on skills of development, production planning and financing of serialised drama content.

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EAST & WEST | Co-Production Inspirational Lab

in partnership with WEMW

A complete journey through the main co-production and distribution opportunities offered by Europe and Latin America, with a focus on the most dynamic regional and national funds, but also on the Eurimages, Ibermedia and Creative Europe support schemes. 

The Co-Production Inspirational Lab is specifically designed for upcoming producers that need to acquire the necessary tools to co-produce films and other audio-visual formats in the international marketplace, and will include lectures, exchange sessions with leading industry key players and successful East & West co-production case studies.

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FILM MEETS GAMES | Video Games Production Inspirational Lab

in partnership with SpielFabrique

The video game industry is reaching USD 200B and targets everybody on a global basis! The FILM MEETS GAMES Inspiration Lab is offering an expert glimpse of the opportunities through understanding how to position, finance and distribute a game. The Lab is developed with pan European game ecosystem catalyst SpielFabrique with the support from renowned experts. It offers keynotes and personal support to filmmakers wishing to expand to video games.

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GENRE RULES | Fantastic Film Inspirational Lab

in partnership with the Fantastic Film Forum of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

GENRE RULES is meant as a hands-on guide to the inner workings of genre cinema. Even though genre movies today are more popular and marketable than ever, producing them may not prove so easy. The genre film industry is highly specialised, with key players, industry events and subgenres of its own, and constantly changing trends. This lab is designed to provide an in-depth overview of this sector and will focus in particular on the best strategies to develop your project and effectively place it in the market. The workshop targets independent producers and new talents with an international attitude, who wish to improve their skills and become acquainted with the genre film landscape.

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IMPACT ZONE | Outreach & Impact Inspirational Lab

in partnership with ESoDoc

ESoDoc's lab at WEMW will focus on the design of impact campaign strategies. During the workshop, participants - selected both from documentary and fiction genres - will work on their impact loglines, goals and key action steps. The main objective is to enhance participants’ understanding of the value of impact and what it can achieve for their productions and society, introduce them to a range of tools they can use to design and deliver policy impact, and give participants specific project advice and guidance.

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THE ON DEMAND ECOSYSTEM | VOD Inspirational Lab

The VoD Inspirational Lab is a unique opportunity to better understand the diversity of the VOD landscape and the dynamics behind the on-demand ecosystem. Through a series of lectures, case studies and masterclasses, sharing data and know-how on the current VoD market and players, the Lab will help the participants to plan ahead the online distribution strategy and co-financing of their content, answering to the audience demand.

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VIRTUAL INNOVATION | Virtual Production Inspirational Lab

in partnership with European Virtual Production Alliance

“Demystifying VP and its applications for independent productions and industry”

Virtual Production has undoubtedly been one of the most spoken-about industry innovations of recent years, yet for independent industries, it remains a practice shrouded in mystery. Is it only about hyper-expensive LED screens and blockbuster productions, or will this novel approach also revolutionise independent productions?

The VIRTUAL INNOVATION Lab, organised in partnership with European Virtual Production Alliance - an industry network of Europe’s leading virtual production experts and studios, will demystify virtual production once and all for independent industry leaders from financiers decision makers to producers, VFX supervisors, and below the line crew. This Lab will look into different forms of VP, including In-Camera VFX, LED production, previsualization, virtual cameras, and set capturing, as well as into how to assess VP suitability for your production, how to budget and plan the workflow, and how to manage the process from start to finish successfully. The Lab will also present recent case studies from awarded European festival favourites and feature films and TV series to give the participant a 360-degree look into the world of V.

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APPLICATION & DEADLINE

It is possible to apply to max. 3 different labs, but it will be possible to attend only one Inspirational Lab. To apply, visit WEMW website.

The deadline for both the EAVE Slate and the Inspirational Labs is November 20, 2023.

In case you have already applied to other WEMW activities (e.g Co-Production Forum or Works in Progress sections), you can also apply to the EAVE Slate and the Inspirational Labs.

 

LOCATION & SELECTION
The EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs activities will take place at the WEMW venues in Trieste. The final selection will be primarily based on the applicant’s profile and motivation, and all selected participants will also have the opportunity to join the rest of the programme of WEMW.

PARTICIPATION FEE & SCHOLARSHIPS

The participation fee for the EAVE Slate is € 450, while for each Inspirational Lab is € 250. The fee includes the WEMW accreditation, the EAVE Slate/Inspirational Lab tuition fee, lunches and coffee breaks.

*Please note that the participation fee will be waived for all Ukrainian selected participants.

**Thanks to the support from our network of regional/national funds, a limited number of producers from certain regions/countries will be able to access partial/full scholarships. Please contact us at inspiration@wemw.it for further info.

INFO DAY

If you wish to get more info about the Inspirational Labs and the EAVE Slate, please join our INFO DAY on Thursday November 2 from 11.00 to 12.00 (CET timezone). To confirm your attendance please fill in our registration form no later than October 31.

We look forward to being once again inspired all together next January!
More information are available at www.wemw.it

WEMW 2024 is organized once again by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival, EAVE, Creative Europe Desk Italy and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe MEDIA, MIC - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia, Ciclic - Centre-Val de Loire Region, and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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Grand finale: EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop in Rotterdam

The EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop culminates in a grand finale during its third and final session in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 23-30!

The newest members of the EAVE network, after a year of training to develop their producer skills, are now ready to present themselves and their projects to a wider professional audience in meetings specially curated by EAVE.

We will welcome 85 “future partners” – leading international industry professionals - to meet the 55 rising producing talents from 34 countries at physical or online meetings.  EAVE provides a safe space to discuss participants’ careers, company slates and the 28 fiction, documentary and series projects developed during this year’s EAVE Producers’ Workshop under the guidance of EAVE’s top experts.

Successful projects developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop include recent festival hits such as CITIZEN SAINT, BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS, MAMI WATA, LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA, DRAW FOR CHANGE! and many more.

What’s new in the workshop programme?

On the menu is a rich offer of plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and exquisite guests.

Highlights include anticipated sessions on the following topics:

  • Virtual Production by Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Cannes Next, EE) & Maciej Zemojcin (Pixelrace, PL)
  • Technology as a Cinematic Tool by EAVE graduate Radoslawa Bardes (ATM Virtual, PL) & Maciej Zemojcin (Pixelrace, PL)
  • How to Think about Distribution, Sales and Festivals after the Pandemic by Zsuzsi Bankuti (Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival, CH)
  • Insights into Eurimages and the Future by Katre Kajamäe-Gupta (Eurimages, FR)
  • Sustainability in film and work-life balance (EAVE graduate Merry Colomer, Morena Films, ES)
  • Innovative funding models, transmedia storytelling and disruptive distribution (EAVE graduate Mathivanan Rajendran, Stray Factory, IN)
  • ShareDoc (Anne Marie Borsboom, ShareDoc, NL)
  • Everything Changing All at Once: Author and media analyst Johanna Koljonen presents a comprehensive analysis of the industry's future based on the 2023 Nostradamus report
  • and a dedicated session on Producing with the Netherlands with Dennis Kleyn (ReadySetStudios, NL) and Bas van der Ree (Netherlands Film Commission, NL)

EAVE builds bridges to the Dutch industry

Parallel to the main workshop schedule, EAVE offers group work sessions for 6 selected projects from the Netherlands, as well as open plenary sessions for a wider Dutch audience of film industry professionals.

Many thanks to our valuable partners who make the workshop possible!

The EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop’s third and final session in Rotterdam is organized in partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Commission and the Rotterdam Film Media Office, and in collaboration with Volya Films, New Producers Academy, CineSud, Playgrounds, Creative Europe Desk Netherlands, NAPA and SEE NL.

The first two sessions of the EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop took place from March 3-10 in Luxembourg and from June 11-18 in Alpbach, Austria.

For more information, please contact satu@eave.org.

EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, Projeto Paradiso, TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

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CHANGE - Co-production training course: Selection announced

CHANGE is a collaboration between EAVE, CPH:DOX, the world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking, and IMS, International Media Support, promoting journalism and documentary film to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue.

The partners’ goal being to increase equality and access to the international film market, the programme wants to stimulate inter-regional co-production and to connect projects, filmmakers and producers from the European Eastern Partnership countries with international film professionals gathered annually at CPH:DOX. 

We are proud to announce the third round of CHANGE and reveal the 2023/2024 line-up. The selected projects show new perspectives ranging from the bigger political picture to seemingly hyper-local dramas dealing with nuanced points of view on pollution, corruption, radicalization, patriarchy and war in a post-colonial context meeting resistance and bravery are portrayed by a talented cohort of courageous local filmmakers.

The first workshop of CHANGE - Co-production training course in Tbilisi, Georgia in November 2023 will combine masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for the 8 selected producer-director teams. The same participants will continue to work together in the second workshop in January 2024 in Chisinau, Moldova. The programme will culminate with a third module and presentation of the projects to the international industry at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in March 2024.

The selected projects are:

  • Lessons of “Chemistry”, prod. Olga Karpovich, dir. Marta Veras, Belarus
  • Echoes of Avey, prod. Durna Safarova, dir. Atanur Nabiyeva, Azerbaijan
  • The Ferryman, prod. Olha Symonenko, dir. Pavlo Dorohoi, Ukraine
  • Land of Fairy Tales and Dreams, prod. Calin Laur, dir. Denis Pavlovic, Moldova
  • Language X, prod. Katerina Barushka, dir. Tanya Haurylchyk, Belarus/Germany
  • Milena: Between Strange Borders, prod. Mira Oyetoro, dir. Sabina Asadova & Mira Oyetoro, Ukraine
  • Nana’s Wind, prod. Mariam Chachia, dir. Maradia Tsaava, Georgia
  • Sacred Songs, prod. Mariam Bitsadze, dir. Nona Giunashvili, Georgia

The objective of the programme is to improve the participants’ skills in defining the content, core and goals of the film projects; in regional and international collaboration and co-production, financing structures and production environment; and in preparing for the encounter with the international market.

THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND CHANGE

  EAVE is a professional training, project development and networking organization for audiovisual producers. Founded in 1988, our objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.

 CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is a world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking and presenting the best and brightest in contemporary non-fiction film. The festival is known and widely respected for radically changing the documentary landscape with a focus on challenging the genre with cross over to other art forms, and for advancing art as an active voice in civil society. Annually presenting approx. 200 films, the annual festival’s audience has grown to more than 125,000, and our industry platform, championing high-end cinematic and hybrid filmmaking welcomes annually nearly 2,000 industry professionals from a wide variety of sectors across creative documentary, hybrid non-fiction, visual arts, journalism and science. CPH:INDUSTRY includes a pitch platform CPH:FORUM, CPH:MARKET services for finished films and a talent development programme CPH:LAB.

  IMS, International Media Support, is promoting journalism and documentary film to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue. Our work is geared towards helping locally-based public interest media operating in armed conflicts, humanitarian crises and rapid political change, both positive and negative, to provide the public and “civic organizations” with public interest content they can trust and use. We work in more than 40 countries across four continents with a staff of about 170 people.

 

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EAVE TIES THAT BIND focuses on Asian Distributors in Busan and world premiere of DOI BOY

Are you participating at Busan International Film Festival this year? Are you ready to explore distribution and market opportunities with key experts from Asia and from Europe?

We are delighted to announce that EAVE TIES THAT BIND is preparing in cooperation with the European Film Promotion a series of roundtable talks with Asian distributors such as Wutichai Namjaiprasert (GDH 559, TH), Taewon Jung (Jinjin Pictures, KR), Selina Chen Si Yu (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), and Jee-eun Kim (Challan, KR) this year in Busan.

The roundtable talks will explore the current situation of the Asian market in a friendly and informal atmosphere. They will be open to European sales agents and TTB alumni, and they will take place between October 7 – 9, 2023 at the TIES THAT BIND booth at ACFM (Asian Contents & Film Market).

Another TTB event in cooperation with the European Film Promotion will be a panel Cinematic Crossroads: Navigating European and Asian Film Markets on the challenges and opportunities encountered while introducing Asian art-house and commercial films to European audiences, and vice versa. The panel will be curated by Katarzyna Siniarska (New Europe Film Sales, PL) featuring speakers such as Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), Kini Kim (The Jokers Films, FR), June Lee (WATCHA, KR), Valeska Neu (Films Boutique, DE), and Felix Tsang (Golden Scene, HK). The panel will take place on October 9, 2023 (Event Room C).

In Busan, TTB will also celebrate a world premiere of the highly anticipated TTB project DOI BOY by Nontawat Numbenchapol, which was developed at the TTB workshop in 2017 by Steve Chen (Anti-Archive, KH). Among the producers of the film is TTB 2019 alumna Supatcha Thipsena (Mobile Lab Project, TH) along with Daniel Mattes and Davy Chou. World sales is handled by Neramitnung Film.

Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, tries to build a future in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a refugee far from home, but he is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, a police officer investigating a political activist.

The director Nontawat Numbenchapol is known for his experimental docudrama #BKKY exploring the lives of Bangkok teenagers.

The film garnered anticipation even from its planning stages, having been selected for the Busan Asian Project Market (APM), Cannes L’Atelier, Berlinale Talents, and Talents Tokyo.

Furthermore, we are delighted to announce that the following projects of TTB graduates are selected for this year’s edition of the Asian Project Market:

  • Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media, ID): Watch It Burn
  • Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia, SG): I'll Smile in September
  • Stefano Centini (Volos Films, TW): Mr. Tiger
  • Jeremy Chua (Potocol, SG): Filipinana
  • Monster Jimenez (This Side Up, PH):  Daughters of the Sea
  • Mai Nguyen (CineHanoi & Scarlet Visions, DE/VN): Mr. Van

Congratulations!

For more information, please contact: Tanika Sajatovic, EAVE Project Manager: tanika@eave.org

EAVE TIES THAT BIND is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.

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Films by EAVE Producers in the run for the Oscars

Numerous films by EAVE graduates have been submitted for International Feature Film Award nominations at the 96th Academy Awards. The final nominees will be announced in early 2024.

We are proud that among the submitted films six were developed in recent years in core EAVE programmes (CITIZEN SAINT, MAMI WATA, BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS at the Producers Workshop, THE SETTLERS at the Marketing Workshop, AUTOBIOGRAPHY and TIGER STRIPES at Ties That Bind).

We will keep our list updated with the latest submissions!

 

Turkey

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach

Bulgaria

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova

Palestine

  • BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi

Mongolia

  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange and B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Filipa Reis, Oliver Damian

Romania

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler

Greece

  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, produced by EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti

Georgia

  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin

Chile

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner

Finland

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff

Iceland

  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

Sudan

  • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun

Iraq

  • HANGING GARDENS by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh

North Macedonia

  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, associate producers: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj

Costa Rica

  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland

Jordan

  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser

Ireland

  • IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT by Garry Keane, Stephen Gerard Kelly, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine

Nigeria

  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by EAVE graduate Oge Obasi

Latvia

  • MY FREEDOM by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduate Marija Razgute

Belgium

  • OMEN by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk

Sweden

  • OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producers: EAVE graduates Annika Rogell, Peter Possne, Ruben Thorkildsen

Slovakia

  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek

Slovenia

  • RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec, Danijel Pek, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanović, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

Montenegro

  • SIRIN by Senad Sahmanovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alem Babic

Lithuania

  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius

Estonia

  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

Netherlands

  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Argentina

  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves

Luxembourg

  • THE LAST ASHES by Loïc Tanson, associate producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux

Poland

  • THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski

Denmark

  • THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic

Kyrgyzstan

  • THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Moldova

  • THUNDERS by Ioane Bobeica, producer: EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr.

Mexico

  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

Croatia

  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduates Ieva Norvilliene, Marija Stojanovic

Indonesia

  • TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards

Malaysia

  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

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HOTEL ALKOHOL by Jan Cvitkovic is in development

Croatian Audiovisual Centre

  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Dordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic is supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre with a Minority Co-production Grant.

https://havc.hr

 

North Macedonia Film Agency

  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate and North Macedonian National coordinator Labina Mitevska receives support by the North Macedonia Film Agency.

www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com

 

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski is in pre-production. The film tells the story of a man who has everything until one tragic summer day, when he realises too late that the infant daughter, he thought he dropped off at nursery is actually still locked in the back of the car. „Every year, all around the world, dozens of children die in exactly this way. Often, the facts are the same: one day, the loving parent gets confused by a change to their daily routine and while busy, forgets the child inside a vehicle. Experts call this phenomenon ‘Forgotten Baby Syndrome’ and it is a legally recognised condition across the world, not in Slovakia. FATHER will be a subjective film, consisting of several long shots. The audience will experience the father’s moment-to-moment reality, first on the day of the tragedy and then during the crucial moments of the following months, “ director Tereza Nvotova said. The drama based on tragic real events is produced by Slovak DANAE Production in co-production with Czech’s moloko film, Polish Lava Films and the Czech Television. The film is supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund and the Polish Film Institute. Shooting will take place in two phases during January and July 2024.

https://lavafilms.pl

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EAVE project MAYSOON is shooting

In production

  • EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart is in production. The film is set more than a decade after the Arab Spring, when the young Egyptian Maysoon leads a happy life in Berlin with her boyfriend Tobi and two children. Due to private problems and repressed events from her political past, her life begins to falter, and Maysoon has to fear losing everything once again: Family, home, freedom. "I want to tell the story of a woman who has to fight for things we take for granted, reflecting two important themes - the independence of every human being and especially of a woman, and being a stranger in a society," says Nancy Biniadaki. The script was developed in the Script to Film Workshop of the Mediterranean Film Institute and won the Initiative Film Development Award at the Crossroads Co-Production Forum in Thessaloniki. MAYSOON participated in the 2021 Berlinale Co-Production Market. The film is a European cinema co-production by Watchmen Productions, in co-production with Graal Films and unafilm, rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, GFC (Greece) and ERT (Greece). MAYSOON is created with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and is funded by Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Medienboard Berlin- Brandenburg, Hessen Film & Medien, DFFF German Federal Film Fund , the Hellenic Broadcaster and the Greek Film Centre.

www.zoommedienfabrik.de

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is in production. Co-written by the Norwegian director and his usual accomplice Eskil Vogt, the story kicks off when Nora and Agnès’ mother passes away, and their father Gustav subsequently reappears in their lives. A film director of former renown, he has written a screenplay in which he would like Nora, who is now an actress, to play the main part, but the latter refuses categorically. During a retrospective on his work at a French festival, Gustav meets a young Hollywood star who declares herself blown away by one of his previous films and who expresses a desire to work with him. He offers her the role initially written for Nora, seeing this as an unhoped-for opportunity to relaunch his career. The film shoot in Norway becomes an opportunity for Gustav to face his demons, as well as one last chance to reconnect with his daughters… SENTIMENTAL VALUE is produced by Mer Film and Eye Eye Pictures (Norway), Ex Nihilo and MK Productions (France), Komplizen Film (Germany) and Zentropa (Denmark and Sweden). Having kicked off in August, filming will continue until October in Norway, France and Germany.

www.komplizenfilm.de

  • MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, co-producers: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert and PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit is in production. With MEXICO 86, Diaz continues to explore the history of his country of origin, through the trajectory of Maria, a Guatemalan revolutionary activist exiled for many years in Mexico where she continues her political work. When her 10-year-old son comes to live with her, she will have to make a difficult choice between her role as a mother and that of activist. The film is shooting from 28 August till 20 October, between Guatemala and Mexico. MEXICO 86 is co-produced by Delphine Schmit for Tripode Productions (France) and Hans Everaert for Menuetto Film (Belgium). The film received support from the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, the Vlaams Audiovisuel Fonds, screen.brussels, the RTBF, Proximus, Be TV, Shelter Prod, the National Lottery, the New Dawn funds, Canal+, France TV and Creative Media.

www.needproductions.com

  • FROST by Pavle Vuckovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic is shooting. The film written by Pavle Vuckovic follows detective Mirjana, who goes to eastern Serbia to investigate a girl's disappearance. Over the course of time, her police investigation turns into a personal quest. The film explores through elements of detective film, thriller and fantasy, the culture, beliefs, Christian tradition and superstitions of the region. Stefan Mladenovic is producing through Serbia’s Plan 9 together with Zezelj Gojkovic through Serbia’s Film District, in co-production with Ivica Vidanovic and Nevena Savic through Serbia’s Cinnamon Films, Miroslav Mogorovic through Serbia’s Art&Popcorn, Tomi Salkovski through North Macedonia’s Black Cat Production and Maja Kecojevic through Montenegro’s Parangal Film. Support comes from Film Center Serbia, the North Macedonia Film Agency and the Film Centre of Montenegro. Shooting started in the monastery of Pavlovac on the Kosmaj Mountain in the beginning of September and it is planned to wrap within 30 shooting days, other locations are in the vicinity of Belgrade, as well as in Negotin and Lepenski Vir.

www.artandpopcorn.com

 

In post-production

  • AURORA by Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik, producer: EAVE graduate Madis Tüür is in post-production. The film is made using the character-based improvisation method, which has not yet been widely applied in Estonia. The story and the characters have been created through improvisation in real environments and real-life situations. The film tells the story of Aurora, the daughter of a religious leader, who enters a secret extramarital affair that challenges her life arrangements. She tries to please everyone, but when it's time for a lavish wedding anniversary celebration, an uninvited guest arrives. Secrets begin to reveal themselves at the wrong time and in the wrong place. "As Estonian poet and philosopher Tonu Ennepalu writes: We live between boredom and pain. When feelings go over our heads, we long for stability and peace, but when this stability is too much, we long for madness, freedom, and raw feelings," say the directors. Madis Tüür is producing through Estonian company Kuukulgur Film, in partnership with Pimik and High Voltage rental. The project has been financed by the Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, the Ida-Viru Film Fund and the Tartu Film Fund.

www.moonwalkerfilm.com

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POOR THINGS receives the Golden Lion

Venice International Film Festival

7 awards in the main competitions and 18 collateral awards for EAVE graduates at the Venice International Film Festival:

Competition

  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney scooped the Golden Lion for Best Film
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Special Jury Prize

Orizzonti

  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won Best Film in the Orizzonti section
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi was awarded Best Director 
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri won Best Actress (Margarita Rosa De Francisco) and Best Screenplay
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian was awarded Best Actor (Tergel Bold-Erdene)

Collateral awards

  • THE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy received a Special mention for the Actress (Ariane Labed) at the International Critics’ Week
  • WE SHOULD ALL BE FUTURISTS by Angela Norelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli won Best Technical Contribution at the International Critics’ Week and a Special Mention by FEDIC for Best Short Film
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award, a Special Mention by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini and the Nave d’Argento for Best OTP Fanheart3 Award
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart received the People Choice’s Award at Giornate degli Autori
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek won the Europa Cinemas Label at Giornate degli Autori
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Queer Lion Award and a Special Mention by Premio Fondazione Fai
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi won Best Directing Award by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini 
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the UNIMED Award
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Film of Venezia), the Premio CinemaSarà and the Leoncino d'Oro Award (Cinema for UNICEF)
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Italian Film in Venice)
  • THE RED SUITCASE by Fidel Devkota, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel won the Premio Bisato d’Oro for Best Feature Film handed over by the Jury of independent critics and a Special Mention from the Premio Fondazione Fai

Venice Final Cut

  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduates Tony Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, co-producer: Marco Valerio Fusco won the Laser Film award and the Studio A Fabrica award

www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

 

Toronto International Film Festival

EAVE graduates won 3 awards at the Toronto International Film Festival:

  • KANAVAL by Henri Pardo, producer: EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal won the Amplify Voices Award for Best BIPOC Canadian Feature and received a Honourable Mention by the Best Canadian Feature Film jury
  • ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won the Short Cuts Award for Best Film

www.tiff.net

 

Greenlandic film awards

Innersuaq - the Greenlandic national film award voted exclusively by members of FILM.GL - was awarded to EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard for his extensive work in promoting Greenlandic film, and he received also the Best Documentary award for TWICE COLONIZED.

 

Filmkunstmesse Leipzig

  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch won Best Film (national) at the Filmkunstmesse Leipzig:

https://filmkunstmesse.de

 

Polish Film Festival Gdynia

  • Three awards for IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel at the Polish Film Festival Gdynia: the film scooped the Silver Lion, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lena Gora) and Best Music.

www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en

 

MakeDox Skopje

  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Onion Award for Best Film in the Main Competition of the MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, Skopje.

http://makedox.mk

 

Cinematik Piestany

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff received the Meeting Point Europe Award in the main competition of the Cinematik Piestany.

www.cinematik.sk/en/

 

CineFest Miskolc

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won the main award, the Imre Pressburger Prize at the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival.
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff won the Grand Prize Zukor Adolf Award.

https://www.cinefest.hu

 

Herceg Novi - Montenegro Film Festival

  • Five awards for SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja at the Herceg Novi - Montenegro Film Festival. The film won awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor as well as the FEDEORA Award and the "Zoran Živković" Plaque for Best Film.
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo won the Golden Mimosa for Best Screenplay and the Golden Mimosa for Best Actress (Asja Zara Lagumdzija).
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic received a Special Jury Award for actor Jovan Ginic.

https://fccg.me

 

Lantern & Light International Children’s Film Festival

  • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armine Anda received the LLICFF Golden Flame Animation Award and the LLICFF Producers Award.

llicff.org.au

 

Bucharest International Film Festival

  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones won Best Director
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen won the Jury's Special Mention.

https://www.biff.com/

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New feature films announced for European Film Awards shortlist

European Film Awards

After 19 feature films have already been chosen as part of the European Film Awards’ Feature Film Selection 2023, the European Film Academy announced 21 further films that have been added to the shortlist for the European Film Awards now comprising 40 strong European feature films. The nominations of the European Film Awards will be revealed on 7 November. 

Here is the full list of the 24 feature films, 4 documentary films by EAVE producers:

Feature Film Selection

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, produced by EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez
  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, produced by EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner
  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff 
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, associate producers: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-produced by EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye, Adis Djapo
  • THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kroger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch

Documentary Film Selection

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

www.europeanfilmawards.eu

 

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

These films by EAVE graduates – including three films developed at EAVE workshops - are nominated to represent their country in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars:

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach – Turkey
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova – Bulgaria
  • BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi - Palestine
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov – Georgia
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler – Romania
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin– Chile
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner– Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff – Finland
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri – Iceland
  • HANGING GARDENS by Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh - Iraq
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, associate producers: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj - North Macedonia
  • MY FREEDOM by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Marija Razgute – Latvia
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk – Belgium
  • OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producers: EAVE graduates Annika Rogell, Peter Possne, Ruben Thorkildsen – Sweden
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek - Slovakia
  • RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec, Danijel Pek, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanović, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar - Slovenia
  • SIRIN by Senad Sahmanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Alem Babic – Montenegro
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute – Lithuania
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat –Estonia
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit – Netherlands
  • THE LAST ASHES by Loïc Tanson, associate producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux – Luxembourg
  • THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski - Poland
  • THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic - Denmark
  • THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producers: EAVE graduates Carine Chichowski, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin – Kyrgyzstan
  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norvilliene, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic  – Croatia
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak , producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards– Indonesia

www.oscars.go.com

 

LUX Audience Award

The five finalists for the 2024 LUX Audience Award were unveiled on the occasion of the Venice International Film Festival.

Three finalists are produced by EAVE graduates:

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

www.europarl.europa.eu/news

 

 

African Movie Academy Awards

  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by EAVE graduate Oge Obasi has received a remarkable 12 nominations at the 2023 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA): it has been nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, National Film and Video Censors Board Award for Best Nigerian Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Make-Up, Ousmene Sembene award for Best Film in African Language, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Editing

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EAVE project MAMI WATA in US cinemas!

In French cinemas

  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel. September 13.

www.daghoel.com

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff. September 20.

www.bufo.fi

  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky. September 27.

www.survivance.net

 

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger. September 6.

www.aurorafilms.fr

  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, Diana Elbaum, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts. September 13.  

https://filmsboutique.com/film/luka

  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes. September 20.

www.helicotronc.com

  • WILL by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Hans Everaert, Tomas Leyers. September 27.

https://menuettofilm.be

  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. September 27

https://elementpictures.ie

 

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • WILL by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Hans Everaert, Tomas Leyers. September 28.

https://menuettofilm.be

  • IF ONLY THE NIGHT WOULDN’T FALL by Marc Schmidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo. September 28.

www.clindoeilfilms.be

 

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. September 21.

www.iniciafilms.com

  • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra. September 21.

www.graffitidoc.it

 

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff. September 15.

www.bufo.fi

  • THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger. September 15.

www.aurorafilms.fr

 

 

In German cinemas

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff. September 13.

www.bufo.fi

  • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper. September 28.

www.circe.nl

 

 

In Finnish cinemas

  • REBEL by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, co-producer: EAVE graduate Diana Elbaum. September 22.

https://goodfellas.film/movie/rebel

 

 

In Lithuanian cinemas

  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute. September 22.

https://m-films.lt

 

 

In Romanian cinemas

  • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese. September 22.

www.hifilm.ro

 

 

In US cinemas

  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by EAVE graduate Oge Obasi. September 29.

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EAVE projects NOT A WORD and THE REEDS premiere in Toronto!

Toronto International Film Festival (September 7 – 17)

Centrepiece

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • A HAPPY DAY by Hisham Zaman, producer: EAVE graduate Renée Mlodyszewski
  • CHUCK CHUCK BABY by Janis Pugh, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Beresford
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
  • EAVE project THE REEDS by Cemil Agacikoglu, producer: EAVE graduate Sezgi Üstün San, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • KANAVAL by Henri Pardo, producer: EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial

Discovery

  • ACHILLES by Farhad Delaram, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • SOLITUDE by Ninna Palmadottir, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lilja Osk Snorradottir

Wavelengths

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, executive producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, , EAVE participant Julia Alves
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Special Presentations

  • EL RAPTO by Daniela Goggi, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski

Midnight Madness

  • WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL by Mladen Djordjevic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Anamaria Antoci

Primetime

  • ESTONIA by Miikko Oikkonen, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos

Platform

  • EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué, co-producer EAVE TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens

Short Cuts

  • ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

www.tiff.net

 

Cinematik International Film Festival (September 12 – 17)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
  • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz
  • REBEL by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.cinematik.sk

 

Bucharest International Film Festival (September 15 – 22)

  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

www.biff.com.ro

 

Batumi International Festival Georgia (September 17 – 24)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BEAUTIFUL HELEN by George Ovashvili, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart

www.biaff.org

 

Filmkunstmesse Leipzig (September 18 – 22)

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • DELEGATION by Asaf Saban, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Dziedzic, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE + graduate Yoav Roeh
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach   
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

https://filmkunstmesse.de

 

Gdynia Film Festival (September 18 – 23)

  • ANXIETY by Monika Sobien-Gorska, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • DELEGATION by Asaf Saban, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Dziedzic, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE+ graduate Yoav Roeh
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • FIN DEL MUNDO by Piotr Dumala, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus 
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel

https://festiwalgdynia.pl/en

 

Helsinki International Film Festival (September 19 – 29)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • BREAKING SOCIAL by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangård
  • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
  • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • PORNOMELANCOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • REBEL by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach  
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • SOMEDAY WE’LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTING by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith 

www.hiff.fi

 

San Sebastian Film Festival (September 20 - 28)

Competition

  • A SILENCE by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, EAVE group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • KALAK by Isabella Eklöf, producer: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Leontine Petit
  • LA PRACTICA by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES graduate Josefina Undurraga
  • PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduates Tatiana Leite, Giancarlo Nasi, Federico Eibuszyc 
  • THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossen 
  • THE SUCCESSOR by Xavier Legrand, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman

Out of competition

  • DANCE FIRST by James Marsh, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

New Directors

  • ACHILLES by Farhad Delaram, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • BAURYNA SALU by Askhat Kuchinchirekov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna Kachko
  • LAST SHADOW AT FIRST SIGHT by Nicole Midori Woodford, producers: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc

Horizontes Latinos

  • BLONDI by Dolores Fonzi, co-producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Fernanda Del Nido
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, executive producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, EAVE participant Julia Alves
  • THE TRIAL by Ulises de la Orden, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Perlak

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

  • ESTOY BIEN by Alicia Scherson, producer: PUENTES graduate Catalina Vergara
  • LITTLE WAR, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day
  • PUENTES project THE DAYS OFF by Lucila Mariani, producer: PUENTES graduate Leandro Listorti
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

WIP Latam

  • MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS by Iair Said, producer: EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti
  • PUENTES project MI BESTIA by Camila Beltrán, producers: PUENTES graduates Lionel Massol, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto
  • REAS by Lola Arias, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Ingmar Trost

WIP Europe

  • ROCK BOTTOM by Maria Trenor, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
  • SIMA’S SONG by Roya Sadat, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Frank Hoeve

www.sansebastianfestival.com

 

Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht (September 22 – 29)

  • ALS DE NACHT MAAR NIET VALT by Marc Schmidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE IMAGINARY FRIEND by Steye Hallema, co-producers: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost, EAVE MW graduate Ann Oost
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno

https://www.filmfestival.nl/

 

Golden Rose National Film Festival, Varna (September 20 – 28)

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Diana Elbaum, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • THE LAST SEAGULL by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • VASIL by Avelina Prat, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova

www.zlatnaroza.bg

 

Finale Pilzen (September 22 – 27)

  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
  • LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • POWER by Matyas Prikler, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • RUNNER by Andrius Blazevicius, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST by Matt Sarnecki, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen

https://film.festivalfinale.cz

 

Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival (September 23 – 29)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina

www.manaki.com.mk

 

Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience (September 23 - 30)

  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner
  • OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk. Producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer
  • NEW TALES OF FRANZ by Johannes Schmid, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
  • ROCK. PAPER. GRENADE by Iryna Tsilyk, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova

https://ff-schlingel.de/

 

Athens International Film Festival (September 27 – October 9)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • MATRIA by Álvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

http://en.aiff.gr

 

Zurich Film Festival (September 28 – October 7)

  • A SILENT STORY by Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • CHUCK CHUCK BABY by Janis Pugh, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Beresford
  • DAVOS 1917 by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
  • EL RAPTO by Daniela Goggi, producer: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LA NOUVELLE FEMME by Léa Todorov, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LAST SONG FOR STELLA by Kilian Riedhof by Kilian Riedhof, producers: EAVE graduates Ivan Madeo, Danny Krausz
  • MELK by Stefanie Kolk, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • THE PRACTICE by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES, TTB and EAVE + graduate Giancarlo Nasi

www.zurichfilmfestival.org

 

Filmfest Hamburg (September 28 – October 7)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LAST SHADOW AT FIRST LIGHT by Nicole Midori Woodford, producer: EAVE graduate Jeremy Chua, Bostjan Virc, Yulia Evina Bhara 
  • L'ÊTRE HUMAIN by Michael Klier, producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic  
  • OF LIVING WITHOUT ILLUSION by Katharina Lüdin, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial 
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

Reykjavik International Film Festival (September 28 – October 8)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach 
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki 
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen
  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes 
  • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

http://riff.is

 

Ourense Film Festival (September 29 – October 6)

  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • THE FUTURE by Noam Kaplan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yoav Roeh
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

www.ouff.org

 

New York Film Festival (September 29 – October 12)

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, executive producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, , EAVE participant Julia Alves
  • THE PRACTICE by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES, TTB and EAVE + graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

www.filmlinc.org

 

Namur Film Festival (September 30 – October 7)

  • FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
  • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • WILL by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Hans Everaert, Tomas Leyers

www.fiff.be

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MEET EAVE IN OCTOBER!

@ Carl Film Forum, October 4, Karlskrona (SE)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

 

@ EAVE Producers Workshop 3, October 23 - 30, Rotterdam (NL)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2024 - The first round of calls for entries is now open!

WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM

Deadline: October 18, 2023

>> Open to live-action features, docs & short animated projects!

WEMW 2024 will take place on January 21-24, 2024 in Trieste (Italy) and will select 20 projects in development (documentaries, live action features and - for the very first time - short animated projects) from all over Europe and beyond, in particular for the second consecutive year from the 2024 East & West spotlight countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Producers from Europe*, Latin America**, Canada, USA are eligible to apply 
  • Projects can be live-action features, creative documentaries, short animated projects in development/financing stage with preferably 10% of the total production budget already in place
  • Projects must have international co-production potential

SUBMISSION   

>> live-action features & creative documentaries applications must include:

  • online application form
  • treatment in English (max 5-8 pages)
  • financing plan/total production budget
  • teaser/visuals/mood board of the submitted project (optional)
  • previous work(s) of the director

>> short animation applications must include:

  • online application form
  • treatment in English (max 5-8 pages) or script
  • financing plan/total production budget
  • teaser/animation test/visuals/art design/moodboard of the submitted project (if available)

In order to submit your application and the required materials you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link: https://vp.eventival.com/trieste/wemw2024

There is no submission fee and the deadline is October 18, 2023, 23.59 CET.   

AWARDS

All selected projects will compete for two main cash prizes of the value of 5.000€ each: the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the CICLIC WEMW Award (granted by the French, Centre-Val de Loire Region). Thanks to the WEMW network of partners, the Co-Production Forum will also feature a series of other major awards, including the EAVE Producers Workshop scholarship, the brand-new Laser Post-Production Award, the Marché du Film Producers Network Badges, the #DocsConnect Taskovski Training Award and the Pop Up Film Residency Award. Moreover, all female identifying directors will be eligible for the EWA Network's I HAVE A DREAM Award.

CONTACTS

For any further info about the WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM please write to: projects@wemw.it

 

WORK IN PROGRESS SECTIONS

LAST STOP TRIESTE

Documentary Fine-Cut-Session

Deadline: November 20, 2023

WEMW and Trieste Film Festival announce the tenth edition of LAST STOP TRIESTE, a work in progress section for documentary projects in a stage of a fine cut, previously developed or presented in one of our partner events: Ex-Oriente Film, Balkan Discoveries at the Balkan Documentary Centre, Docu Rough Cut Boutique at Sarajevo Film Festival/Sofia, ZagrebDox PRO, Baltic Sea Forum and When East Meets West.

Selected documentaries will be showcased in Trieste to an exclusive panel of festival programmers, sales agents and commissioning editors, and each selected team will be offered feedback sessions. More info about the guidelines at the following LINK.

AWARDS
All selected docs will be in the running for the HBO Max Award, a cash prize of the value of 1.000€.

CONTACTS
For any further info about LAST STOP TRIESTE please write to: lst@wemw.it

 

This is IT

Feature Work-in-Progress Session

Deadline: November 20, 2023

>> New 5.000€ cash prize announced!

Section exclusively dedicated to long feature fiction films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced/co-produced by Italian producers or coming from any of the 2024 East & West spotlight territories (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America).

Selected teams will have the chance to screen 8' of their films in post-production (or at least partially shot) to an exclusive panel of international decision makers, including festival programmers, sales agents and distributors. More info about the guidelines at the following LINK

AWARDS

All selected works in progress will compete for the brand-new ARTEVIDEO Award, a cash prize of the value of 5.000€.

CONTACTS
For any further info about This is IT please write to: thisisit@alpeadriacinema.it  

 

UPCOMING CALLS!

Alongside the programmes targeting projects in development and post-production, WEMW 2024 will soon launch a second round of calls for submissions for the following workshops and labs:

  • EAVE Slate >> innovative programme that will offer consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning to companies that are developing a slate of A/V works
  • Inspirational Labs >> a series of mini-workshops run in collaboration with leading training programmes and international partners, and meant to stimulate selected participants to develop new content and explore new business models
  • First Cut Lab Trieste >> the consultancy programme designed for first and second feature films in the editing phase

More news will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

Follow WEMW on Facebook or visit www.wemw.it 

* Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

** Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela

WEMW 2024 is organized once again by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival, EAVE, Creative Europe Desk Italy and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe MEDIA, MIC - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia, Ciclic - Centre-Val de Loire Region, and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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EAVE producers win big at the 80th Venice Film Festival!

EAVE producers triumphed at the Venice Film Festival in 2023 by claiming a total of 7 main awards, including the Golden Lion for Best Film and the award for Best Film in the Orizzonti section.

What's more, an additional 18 collateral awards have been handed out, independently presented by associations of film critics, clubs and cultural associations, and cinema professionals.

A special mention deserves EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, a film developed in 2018 as part of EAVE's Latin American-European co-production workshop PUENTES. The film received the award for Best Actress and Best Screenplay in the Orizzonti section, and also won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award.

This remarkable achievement reflects the dedication and creative excellence that defines the EAVE network. Congratulations!

Competition

  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney received the Golden Lion for Best Film
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum received the Special Jury Prize

Orizzonti

  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi wins Best Film in the Orizzonti section
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi wins Best Director
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri wins Best Actress (Margarita Rosa De Francisco) and Best Screenplay
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian wins Best Actor (Tergel Bold-Erdene)

Collateral awards

  • THE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy received a Special mention for the Actress (Ariane Labed) at the International Critics’ Week
  • WE SHOULD ALL BE FUTURISTS by Angela Norelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli received Best Technical Contribution at the International Critics’ Week and a Special Mention by FEDIC for Best Short Film
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award, a Special Mention by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini and the Nave d’Argento for Best OTP Fanheart3 Award
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart received the People Choice’s Award at Giornate degli Autori
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek won the Europa Cinemas Label at Giornate degli Autori
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Queer Lion Award and a Special Mention by Premio Fondazione Fai
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi won Best Directing Award by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the UNIMED Award
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Film of Venezia), the Premio CinemaSarà and the Leoncino d'Oro Award (Cinema for UNICEF)
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Italian Film in Venice)
  • THE RED SUITCASE by Fidel Devkota, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel won the Premio Bisato d’Oro for Best Feature Film handed over by the Jury of independent critics and a Special Mention from the Premio Fondazione Fai

Venice Final Cut

  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduates Tony Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, co-producer: Marco Valerio Fusco won the Laser Film award and the Studio A Fabrica award

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Do not miss your chance to apply to the ATF x TTB Asia Europe Animation Lab & Pitch 2023!

TIES THAT BIND Workshop and Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) are joining forces to launch the first edition of the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch, the brand-new Asia/Europe lab tailored specifically to the needs of the animation industry. This new initiative will bring together producers with projects from Asia and Europe with the potential and desire to explore new financing and co-production opportunities, new markets, and new audiences in both continents.

What is the TTB x ATF Animation Lab & Pitch?

The Animation Lab & Pitch brings together selected producers with animation projects from Asia and Europe, offering an insight into the animation markets, financing, and co-production possibilities in both continents.
An intensive online prep session in autumn segueing to an onsite lab, an open pitch, and further onsite individual meetings and consultancies with renowned industry decision-makers in December; the aim of the training is to prepare the participants for the market launch and pitch of their projects.

Target Group

We will select 8—10 selected animation projects (4—5 each from Asia-Pacific* countries and Europe*). Accepted formats include feature-length animated films, as well as TV formats (series or mini-series) and short films in development or financing stage. Preference will be given to projects with great creative potential, exciting visuals, interest and potential for co-production, and potential for travel across borders and continents. The program is not open to pre-school content. Preference will be given to animation for youth, families, and adults.

2 Sessions

1) 5-day online prep session by experts will take place in late October/early November 2023 online.

The main objectives of the online one-week intensive training are:

  • Understand how to prepare and structure a package for the international market
  • Get an insight into funding opportunities between Europe and Asia
  • Receive feedback on your financing plans, strategies and project pitch
  • Refine the preparation and delivery of a quality pitch

2) In-person lab & pitch @ATF will take place December 6—8, 2023 in Singapore.

The main objectives of the three-day on-site presence at the ATF market in Singapore are:

  • Participate in lab sessions by key decision makers
  • Networking with fellow attendees
  • Pre-stage guidance from a mentor for the Open Pitch
  • Participate in the ATF Open Pitch to showcase projects
  • Join in the curated matchmaking session with Asian / European experts / decision-makers

 Condition of participation & available scholarships

The extended deadline is September 15th, 2023.

There is no submission/ participation fee.
Selected participants should cover their travel and accommodation to Singapore during the ATF market.
Partial travel & accommodation scholarships are available for a limited number of Asian and European participants, with priority given to applicants from countries not providing any funding support for this kind of activities, or participants in any other proven situation in need of financial support.

Each selected projects will receive up to 2 all-access passes to ATF.

 

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by early October.

 

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

https://au.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=100227547&

 

ATF x TTB is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, ATF and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. It is supported by the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), a non-profit organization that seeks to unify film producers from the region.

For more information please contact:

Animation Lab Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

 

EAVE 
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

FVG Audiovisual Fund 
First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

ATF

Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region’s leading entertainment content event – is the platform of calibre to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry’s top players from around the world. It’s where the best minds meet and the future of Asia’s content is shaped.

ATF facilitates opportunities to discover vital trends, crucial statistics and significant foresight particularly in TV’s digital, kids and formats arenas. Its business match-making programme open doors to new connections in the region. With over 5,700 international buyers and sellers from more than 60 countries and regions, ATF presents valuable business prospects for top-of-the-line benefits.

For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com

* Reference:

European countries eligible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Europe

APAC countries eligible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania

Please contact RX Global – atf.conference@rxglobal.com – to enquire about the countries currently listed in compliance with the Economic & Trade Sanctions Policy

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EAVE projects released in 2023 are now available on Festival Scope Pro!

Many projects developed through EAVE's flagship programme, the EAVE Producers Workshop, as well as through EAVE Marketing Workshop and our international programmes TIES THAT BIND and PUENTES, have been successfully produced, critically acclaimed and distributed internationally.

The co-operation with FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO promotes hand-picked, recently finalised films developed at EAVE workshops.

The goal is to give more visibility to the finished films developed at various EAVE programmes and enhance their circulation.

Check out here the films developed at EAVE and released in 2023 - among them Berlin and Cannes success stories and festival hits!

Most of them are available on FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO now!

TIES THAT BIND project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by Fei Ling Foo, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Jonas Weydemann, Ellen Havenith, won the Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prize in 2023.

EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by Oge Obasi won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography at Sundance this year.

PUENTES project THE FISHBOWL by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, produced at development stage by Camille Vandenbunder won the Grand Jury Prize in the Ibero-American competition of Seattle International Film Festival in 2023.

EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Gálvez, producers: Giancarlo Nasi, Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Stefano Centini, Matías Roveda, Emily Morgan, Thierry Lenouvel, co-producers: Katrin Pors, Ingmar Trost, Mikkel Jersin, Eva Jakobsen, Kristina Börjeson, Anthony Muir, Fernando Bascuñánat won the FIPRESCI prize in Cannes and it has been chosen to represent Chile in the Oscar race for Best International Feature.

and many others...

WHAT IS FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO?

FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO is a B2B platform for film professionals. FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO selects titles from the most prestigious festivals around the world and make them available to be viewed online, on demand.

An all-around tool to access the full potential of the international festival circuit.

If you are a film professional involved in acquisitions, programming, international co-productions, promotion or reviewing of films and you want to try the service, please feel free to register here: https://pro.festivalscope.com/sign-up

For more information about the different EAVE programmes please visit: www.eave.org.

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THE PIRANESI EXPERIENCE receives MEDIA Slate support

Film Center Serbia

Film Center Serbia has announced the August grant results regarding projects in several categories, including minority coproductions, fiction feature and long documentary.

  • EAVE project THE WAYS OF WINE by Zoran Lisinac, producer: EAVE graduate Tijana Visnjic
  • HOTEL BOKA by Marija Perovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • MALJEVIC by Daria Onyshchenko, producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
  • PRODUZENI VIKEND by Katarina Koljevic, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
  • ZBOGOM KOPAKABANO by Milcho Mančevski, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic

http://www.fcs.rs

 

Slovenian Film Centre

Slovenia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants:

  • BOG NE BO POMAGAL by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • SKEJTANJE NI SA PUNCE by Dina Duna, producers: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • SVOBODA by Metod Pevec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • VETER GOVORI MI by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic

http://www.film-center.si/

 

  • PUENTES participant Claudio Esposito’s company THE PIRANESI EXPERIENCE receives Slate support by MEDIA Creative Europe (the very first time for a company in Southern Italy).

https://piranesiexperience.com/

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YEAR OF THE WIDOW by Veronika Liskova is in production

In production

  • COME BACK by Jan and Raf Roosens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith is in production. The coming-of-age tale centers on the character of Ava, a young woman of 14 who is attempting to find where she belongs in the world. She is "bedazzled" by the spotlight trained on her parents, a couple of DJs who have had their moment of glory. Now they are divorced, and Ava lives alone with her father. When her mum, Naomi, tries to make a comeback on the international DJing scene, Ava will discover a new world – that of nightlife and clubs. But while her mother is in her element, things are more complicated for Ava, who will have to adapt if she wants to avoid losing her own identity. The movie is being produced by Bart Van Langendonck for Savage Film, and co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart for Versus Productions (Belgium), as well as by Rococo, the directors’ own outfit, and Ellen Havenith for PRPL (Netherlands). It has received backing from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, screen.brussels, the Tax Shelter and Shelter Prod, as well as from Antwerp Film Bonus and the Netherlands Film Fund.

www.versusproduction.com

  • YEAR OF THE WIDOW by Veronika Liskova, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Tomas Michalek is in production. Stemming from a diary-esque article by Zuzana Pokorna, the narrative intimately charts her initial twelve months of widowhood. YEAR OF THE WIDOW traces the journey of Petra, thrust into an unanticipated world of grief following the sudden loss of her partner. More than grappling with her personal anxiety, she must contend with a labyrinth of bureaucratic hurdles reminiscent of a Kafkaesque nightmare. Presented from Petra’s perspective, the film explores the immediate emotional aftermath of loss, further complicated by the maze of social norms and legal proceedings she must traverse. Thus, the psychological drama morphs into a poignant societal commentary on grief, survival, and death in today’s world. The film captures the transformative narrative of a young widow reconstructing her life after the death of her partner and discovering newfound independence. Year of the Widow is produced by Kristyna Michalek Kvetova and EAVE graduate Tomas Michalek from the Czech outfit Cinémotif Films, Peter Kerekes and Anna Mach Rumanova of Kerekesfilm (Slovakia) and EAVE graduate Croatian producer Miljenka Cogelja of Pipser. The Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, as well as the Czech regions of Pilsen and Usti, supported the film.  

http://www.pipser.hr

  • KLAUS AND BARROSO by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu is in production. The script written by Adrian Nicolae, Cosmin „Micutzu” Nedelcu and Bogdan Theodor Olteanu follows a bartender who, being forced to urgently return some money, convinces his bodyguard brother to organise a bachelor party without his bosses’ permission. Bold Film Studio is producing in co-production with Romanian companies Grupa B, Tangaj Production and Avanpost Media. The film is an independent project supported by several companies: MediaCom, Mindshare, Wavemaker, Neumarkt, Pepsi, Lays, Dentsu Romania, Ursus, Caii de la Letea, Sameday and Presto.

http://tangajproduction.com

 

 

In post-production

  • REINE MÈRE by Manele Libadi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin is in post-production. Blending social chronicle and bittersweet comedy, REINE MÈRE paints the portrait of a Tunisian family living in France in the early 1990s  and uses comedy to explore questions such as the search for identity, generational conflicts and latent racism in France. Penned by the director, the story revolves around Amel and his family who learn, one day, that their landlord wishes to take back his apartment within a few months’ time. As his eldest daughter Mouna starts to have visions of Charles Martel and their application for a new socially-funded home drags on, Amel has no other choice but to reinvent himself… REINE MÈRE is produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond on behalf of Kazak Productions, in co-production with Arte France Cinéma, and by Belgium’s Frakas Productions. Pre-purchased by Arte, Canal+, Amazon Prime Video, RTBF and Proximus, the feature film is likewise supported by the Ile-de-France and Grand Est regions (where the film was shot in its entirety, commencing 12 June), the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

www.frakas.be

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BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY scoops the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film

Locarno Film Festival

13 awards for EAVE graduates at the Locarno Film Festival:

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Special Jury Prize and a Special Mention
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Leopard for Best Direction and the FIPRESCI Award
  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha won a Leopard for Best Performance
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won a Leopard for Best Performance
  • OBSCURE NIGHT by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler received a Special Mention
  • DREAMING & DYING by Nelson Yeo, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara won the Golden Leopard award of the Cineasti del Presente competition and the Swatch First Feature Award (Award for Best Feature Debut)
  • TOUCHED by Claudia Rorarius, producer: EAVE graduate Harry Flöter won a Leopard for Best Performance in the Cineasti del Presente competition
  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo won a Special Mention in the Cineasti del Presente competition
  • GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA by Dragan Bjelogrlić, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic won the Variety Piazza Grande award and the Pardo Verde award
  • PATAGONIA by Simone Bozzelli, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won the Ecumenical Award
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, executive producers: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, EAVE participant Julia Alves won the Boccalino d'Oro Critics' Award

Locarno Pro Awards

  • Open Doors Grant to PUENTES project DESIDIA by Leandro Griillo, producer: PUENTES participant Alejandra Antequera

www.locarnofestival.ch

 

Sarajevo Film Festival

Three Hearts of Sarajevo for EAVE graduates at the Sarajevo Film Festival:

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper wins Sarajevo. The film won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film, and the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
  • GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA by Dragan Bjelogrlić, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic won the Audience Award in the Feature Film category
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor

CineLink Industry Days

  • PRIMAVERA by Dusan Kasalica, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski won the Film Center Serbia CineLink Award
  • THE AMAZONS OF ISTANBUL by Nisan Dag, producer: EAVE graduate Müge Özen won the TV Drama Vision Pitch Award
  • YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME by Anna Rubi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström, EAVE participant Erika Malmgren won the CAT&Docs Award and the East Silver Caravan Award at Docu Rough Cut Boutique, organised by the Sarajevo Film Festival
  • AS IF YOU WERE NEVER HERE by Eti Tsicko, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava won the Turkish National Radio Television Award

Partners’ Awards

  • MEDIUM by Christina Ioakeimidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won the Cineuropa Award
  • LIBERTATE by Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu won the CICAE award handed over by the International Confederation of Art Cinemas
  • AN ALMOST PERFECT FAMILY by Tudor Platon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon won the DAFilms.com Distribution Award at Docu Talents from the East organised by the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.

www.sff.ba

 

Odesa International Film Festival

  • VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED by Mikhaylo Vinik, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko wins Best Ukrainian Feature Film
  • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese wins Best European Film

https://oiff.com.ua/

 

Israeli Academy of Film and Television

  • EAVE expert and decision maker Katriel Schory, former Head of Israel Film Fund, has been awarded for his lifetime achievement for film by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. Heartfelt congratulations!

https://www.screendaily.com/news/israeli-cinema-veteran-katriel-schory-receives-israel-academy-lifetime-achievement-award/5185379.article

 

New Horizons International Film festival

  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial scooped the Grand Prix at the New Horizons International Film festival, Wroclaw.
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won the Audience award.

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

Amanda Awards

7 Amandas for EAVE graduates at the Haugesund Film Festival:

  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel won Best Foreign-language Film.
  • SICK OF MYSELF by Kristoffer Borgli, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Dyveke Graver wins Best Make-up, Best Screenplay
  • WAR SAILOR by Gunna Vikene, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter won Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes. 
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff receives a Special Mention at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films.

 www.filmfestivalen.no

 

Angoulême Francophone Film Festival

  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele won the Valois for Best Direction at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (FFA).

https://filmfrancophone.fr/fr

 

Durban FilmMart

  • COCONUT by Karabo Lediga, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane won the TRT Cinema Award and the JCC Carthage Pro / Chabaka Prize at the Durban FilmMart.

https://durbanfilmmart.co.za

 

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Onion Main Award for Best Film at the MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, Skopje.

http://makedox.mk

 

Fantasia International Film Festival

  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith received Special Jury Mention in the New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature
  • BOLD EAGLE by Whammy Alcazaren, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang won Best Short Film in the International Short Film Competition.

https://fantasiafestival.com/

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MASTER OF LIGHT nominated for 3 News & Documentary Emmy Awards

European Film Awards

The European Film Academy Board selected the first films to be part of the Academy´s Feature Film Selection and Documentary Film Selection 2023. In a second part, further titles will be announced in September.

Feature Film Selection

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
  • CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, produced by EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez
  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, produced by EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff 
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-produced by EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye, Adis Djapo

Documentary Film Selection

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

www.europeanfilmawards.eu

 

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

EAVE titles submitted for the Oscars race:

  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat - Estonia
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, produced by EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin - Chile

www.cineuropa.org

 

News & Documentary Emmy® Awards

  • MASTER OF LIGHT by Rosa Ruth Boesten, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans was nominated for 3 awards at 44th News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Outstanding Direction: Documentary, Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary, Outstanding Editing: Documentary
  • NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm was nominated for Outstanding Writing: Documentary, Outstanding Direction: Documentary.

https://theemmys.tv/news/

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L’IMMENSITA released in the UK, in Germany and in Austria

In French cinemas

  • La BÊTE DANS LA JUNGLE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger. August 16.

www.aurorafilms.fr

  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors. August 16.

http://www.epicmedia.ph

 

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz. August 9.

www.dor-film.com

  • UNE NUIT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart. August 23.

www.versusproduction.com

 

 

In UK cinemas

  • L’IMMENSITA by Emanuele Crialese, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. August 11.

https://wildside.it/movie/limmensita

 

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic. August 24. 

http://www.pipser.hr

  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. August 17.

www.wrongmen.be

 

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • L’IMMENSITA by Emanuele Crialese, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. July 26.

https://wildside.it/movie/limmensita

 

 

In German cinemas

  • L’IMMENSITA by Emanuele Crialese, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. July 26.

https://wildside.it/movie/limmensita

  • HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andric, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic. August 30.

www.senseproduction.rs

 

 

In Latvian cinemas

  • MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY by Elmo Nüganen, producers: EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska, B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis. September 1.

www.nafta.ee

 

 

In Romanian cinemas

  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. July 30.

www.eyeworks.be

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EAVE project SOULS ON TAPE at Nordic Co-production Market in Haugesund

Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal (July 20 – August 9)

  • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe
  • BOLD EAGLE by Whammy Alcazaren, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. “Fiery” Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi
  • IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN by Kenneth Dagatan, producer: TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena, Stefano Centini
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

 

Selected to the Frontières International Co-Production Market:

  • EAVE project ANIMAL by Milada Tesitelova, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Zackova
  • FOOD by Mathieu Mégemont, producer: EAVE graduate Anais Bertrand
  • NORTHPOLE by Yannis Veslemes, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • SUB by Peter Modestij, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY by Michiel ten Horn, producer: EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart

https://fantasiafestival.com

 

 

Locarno Film Festival (August 2 – 12)

Piazza Grande

  • LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
  • GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA by Dragan Bjelogrlic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic

International Competition

  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis
  • ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE by Lav Diaz, producer: producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
  • MANGA D’TERRA by Basil Da Cunha, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • OBSCURE NIGHT by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • PATAGONIA by Simone Bozzelli, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
  • THE PERMANENT PICTURE by Laura Ferrés, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Mones

Out of Competition

  • TRIGGERED by Richard V. Somes, producer: TTB graduate Wilfredo Manalang

Concorso Cineasti del presente 

  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
  • DREAMING & DYING by Nelson Yeo, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • TOUCHED by Claudia Rorarius, producer: EAVE graduate Harry Flöter

Piazza Grande

  • GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA by Dragan Bjelogrlić, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
  • THE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER by Laura Luchetti, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Luca Legnani

Critics’ Week

  • VISTA MARE by Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler, producer: EAVE graduate Bernhard Holzhammer

Locarno Kids Screenings

  • A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d'Alò, producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
  • SNOT & SPLASH by Teemu Nikki, producer: EAVE graduate Ari Matikainen
  • TALES OF FRANZ by Johannes Schmid, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger

Open Doors: Screenings

  • EAVE project 98 SECONDS WITHOUT SHADOW by Juan Pablo Richter, producer: EAVE graduate Paola Gosalvez
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA by Anabel Rodriguez Rios, co-producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi

Panorama Suisse

  • THE GIACOMETTIS by Susanna Fanzun, producer: Interchange graduate Samir
  • JILL by Steven Michael Hayes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • POLISH PRAYERS by Hanna Nobis, producer: EAVE graduate Esther van Messel
  • THE LAND WITHIN by Fisnik Maxville, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub

Selected for Alliance 4 Development

Alliance 4 Development (A4D) is a co-development program for film projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland hosted by Locarno Pro.

  • CALM by Sara Fattahi, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • MILA/MARIJA by Andrina Mracnikar, producer: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Daniel Hocevar
  • PRINCE ADEN by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, produced by PUENTES graduate Alessandro Borrelli

www.locarnofestival.ch

 

 

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (August 3 – 20)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska 
  • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun
  • HOUNDS by Kamal Lazraq, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waelez
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE participant and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

http://miff.com.au/

 

 

Dokufest Prizren (August 4 – 12)

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron 
  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi

https://dokufest.com

 

 

Sarajevo Film Festival (August 11 – 18)

Feature Film Competition

  • ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • DAY OF THE TIGER by Andrei Tanase, producers: producers: PUENTES and MW graduate Alexa Rivero, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
  • MEDIUM by Christina Ioakeimidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
  • LIBERTATE by Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic

Out of Competition

  • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Adis Dapo and Sinisa Juricic

Documentary Film Competition

  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • EAVE project SOUVENIRS OF WAR by Georg Zeller, producer: EAVE graduate Moritz Bonatti
  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • WHAT’S TO BE DONE? by Goran Devic, producer: EAVE graduate Hrjove Osvadic

In Focus

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BELONGING by Mete Gümürhan, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? by Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević, producer: EAVE participant Tena Gojic
  • INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, executive producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • PERO by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

Kinoscope

  • BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

Kinoscope Real

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • THE PERMANENT PICTURE by Laura Ferrés, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Mones

Kinoscope Surreal

  • INFINITY POOL by Brandon Cronenberg, producer: EAVE graduate Karen Harnisch
  • SUPERPOSITION by Karoline Lyngbye, producer: EAVE graduate and Swedish National Coordinator Julia Gebauer, EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen, TTB graduate Amalie Lyngbo Quist
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin

BH Film Programme

  • HUG by Miroslav Mandić, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Peric

 

CineLink Industry Days

CineLink Co-production Market

  • AFTER DARK by Erenik Beqiri, producers: EAVE graduates Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti 
  • MOM’S ALIVE TODAY by Josip Lukic, producer: EAVE graduate Tena Gojic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
  • PRIMAVERA by Dusan Kasalica, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • WE WON’T GET OLD TOGETHER by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu

CineLink Drama

  • LOST TRACES by Aleksandar Arsovski, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Babun
  • THE AMAZONS OF ISTANBUL by Nisan Dag, producer: EAVE graduate Müge Özen

CineLink Works-in-Progress

  • AS IF YOU WERE NEVER HERE by Eti Tsicko, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava
  • BLINDSIGHT by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • GYM by Srđan Vuletić, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Bojan Mastilovic
  • RIFT IN THE ICE by Maja Miloš, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jožko Rutar, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hočevar, EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
  • SUSPENDED – DIARIES FROM LEBANON by Myriam El Hajj, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
  • THE EDITORIAL OFFICE by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
  • THE SINNER AND THE SAINT directed and produced by EAVE graduate Boris Despodov

Docu Rough Cut Boutique

  • DAD’S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
  • ALICE ON&OFF by Isabela von Tent, producer: EAVE graduate Irina Malcea-Candea
  • PAVILION 6 by Goran Dević, producer: EAVE graduate Hrvoje Osvadic
  • YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME by Anna Rubi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström, EAVE participant Erika Malmgren

Docu Talents from the East

  • AN ALMOST PERFECT FAMILY by Tudor Platon, producers: EAVE graduate Carla Fotea, EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • CHRONICLE by Martin Kollar, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
  • Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me? by Petr Jančárek, producer: EAVE graduate Jiří Konečný

AVANT PREMIERE SERIES

  • SMASHING IT by Alen Šimić, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Adis Dapo
  • THE MOUNTAIN by Maja Pek-Brünjes, producers: EAVE graduates Danijel Pek, Katarina Prpic

Selected for CineLink Producers' Lab:

  • EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco

www.sff.ba/en

 

 

Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 18 – 23)

  • CHUCK CHUCK BABY by Janis Pugh, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Beresford
  • SILENT ROAR by Johnny Barrington, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Young
  • SUPERPOSITION by Karoline Lyngbye, producer: EAVE graduate and Swedish National Coordinator Julia Gebauer, EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen, TTB graduate Amalie Lyngbo Quist

https://www.eif.co.uk/edinburgh-international-film-festival

 

 

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (August 18 – 25)

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • EAVE project CINÉ-GUERRILLAS: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • INNOCENCE by Guy Davidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • LANDSHAFT by Daniel Kötter, producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar
  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • VIKA! by Agnieszka Zwiefka, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

http://makedox.mk

 

 

Haugesund - The Norwegian International Film Festival  (August 19 – 25)

  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin
  • EAVE project LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • WAR SAILOR by Gunna Vikene, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter

Selected for the architectural film festival Norwegian Archfest:

  • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang

 

NEW NORDIC FILMS

Market Screenings

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • SIBLINGS by Saara Cantell, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho 
  • SNOT & SPLASH by Teemu Nikki, producer: EAVE graduate Ari Matikainen

Nordic Co-production Market

  • BESTIERE by Jonas Kærup Hjort, produced by EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
  • BLACK WATER by Aga Woszczynska, produced by EAVE graduate Agnieszka Wasiak
  • DIVORCE DURING THE WAR by Andrius Blazevivius, produced by EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • ELENA by Dalia Huerta Cano, produced by EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz
  • EAVE project SOULS ON TAPE by Carl Javér, produced by EAVE graduate Fredrik Lange
  • THE ELF by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll and Hannes Vartiainen, produced by Joonas Berghäll
  • THE HOME by Mattias Skoglund, produced by EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wegner

Works in progress

  • THE ABYSS by Richard Holm, produced by EAVE graduate Joakim Hansson
  • BIRU UNJÁRGA by Egil Pedersen, produced by EAVE graduate Mathis Ståle Mathisen
  • IN THIS VERY MOMENT by Marte Vold, produced by EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz
  • STORMSKERRY MAJA by Tiina Lymi, produced by EAVE+ graduate Jukka Helle
  • THE LAST PARADISE ON EARTH by Sakaris Stórá, produced by EAVE graduate Jón Hammer

 

Nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize

  • OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell

 www.filmfestivalen.no

 

 

SANFIC Chile (August 20 – 27)

  • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe
  • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert 
  • THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
  • VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED by Michal Vinik, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

https://sanfic.com

 

 

Film Francophone d’Angoulême  (August 22 – 27)

  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • LE TEMPS D'AIMER by Katell Quillévére, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BORGO by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts

www.filmfrancophone.fr

 

 

Baltic Film Days, Riga (August 23 – 24)

  • JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube, EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
  • KALEV by Ove Musting, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk

www.nkc.gov.lv/en

 

 

Venice International Film Festival (August 30 – September 9)

Competition

  • FINALLY DAWN by Saverio Costanzo, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
  • LUBO by Giorgio Diritti, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • THE PROMISED LAND (BASTARDEN) by Nikolaj Arcel, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kroger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch

Out of Competition

  • AMOR by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, producer: EAVE graduate Stefano Tealdi

Horizons

  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • DORMITORY by Nehir Tuna, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • HEARTLESS by Nara Normande, Tiao, producer: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan
  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri
  • THE RED SUITCASE by Fidel Devkota, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel

Orizzonti Extra

  • FOREVER-FOREVER by Anna Buryachova, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen
  • EL RAPTO by Daniela Goggi, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech

www.labiennale.org

 

International Critics‘ Week

In competition

  • THE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy

Short films in competition

  • WE SHOULD ALL BE FUTURISTS by Angela Norelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli

https://www.sicvenezia.it/

 

Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori

Competition

  • BACKSTAGE by Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane, co-producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
  • MELK by Stefanie Kolk, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek
  • SIDONIE IN JAPAN by Élise Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer
  • THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN by Zacharias Mavroeidis, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.giornatedegliautori.com

Projects selected for Final Cut in Venice:

  • ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED Zaven Najjar, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier

Projects selected for Venice Gap-Financing Market

Fiction Films and Documentary projects

  • ALL BEFORE YOU by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
  • BLUE BLOOD by Juris Kursietis, producer: B'EST graduate Alise Gelze
  • EAVE project BLUE FLOWER by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova, Tomas Michalek
  • DAYAO SWIMS AGAINST THE FLOW by Zhang Tao, producer: PUENTES graduate Estela Valdivieso Chen
  • ENGLAND MADE ME by Måns Månsson, producer: EAVE graduate Erika Wasserman
  • FREDY by Will Prosper, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau
  • HEN by György Palfi, producer: EAVE graduate Effie Skrobolas
  • JACINDAMANIA by Pietra Brettkelly, Justin Pemberton, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
  • NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIALS by Guylaine Maroist, Eric Ruel, producer: EAVE+ graduate Eric Ruel
  • RESHMA SHERA by Megha Ramaswamy, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
  • STARSEED, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian
  • THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! by Laila Abbas, producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
  • TTB project PICTUREHOUSE by Minh Nguyen-Vo, producer: EAVE graduate Johann Chapelan, EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • VERMIGLIO OR THE MOUNTAIN BRIDE by Maura Del Pero, producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Henri-Jacques Bronckart

Immersive projects

  • AN EMPTY SEAT by Johan Knattrup Jensen, Mads Damsbo, Line Sander Egede, producer: EAVE graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
  • TARTUPALUK by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, producer: EAVE graduate Emile Péronard Hertling
  • THE TIME OF A MOMENT by Kate Voet, Victor Maes, producer: EAVE graduate Magalie Dierick

http://veniceproductionbridge.org

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MEET EAVE IN SEPTEMBER!

@ Holland Film Meeting, September 21 - 23, Utrecht (NL)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

@ San Sebastian Film Festival, September 25 - 27, San Sebastian (ES)

EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
 

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Do not miss your chance to apply to TIES THAT BIND 2023/2024! Extended Deadline: September 1

The call for applications for the 15th edition of TIES THAT BIND Asia - Europe Co-Production Workshop in 2023 is extended until September 1, 2023.


We are very proud to renew the partnership with TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency and to unveil the new dates and location of the Asian session of the workshop!

TAICCA: “Ties That Bind offers expertise and networking opportunities and is a great platform for Asian and European professionals to connect. We are very delighted to continue the partnership for the third year to consolidate the ties between Asia and Europe.”

Kristina Trapp, EAVE: “2021 has been the start of our privileged partnership with TAICCA for TIES THAT BIND and the experience has been amazing. Taipei is a perfect home for our programme that offers a bridge between Asia and Europe for producers and professionals from both continents to create strong professional networks and cooperations.”

Sabrina Baracetti, Far East Film Festival: “We are happy to renew the collaboration with TAICCA which is confirmed to be a strategic partner both for the Udine festival and for Focus Asia and Ties That Bind. A collaboration that from this year becomes multi-year allowing adequate and stimulating planning!"

Paolo Vidali, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund: ”TTB has grown steadily over its 15+ year life. Year by year we have adjusted the offer to have constant and organic growth. The upcoming edition will face changes that will allow it to achieve even more ambitious objectives.”

What is TTB?

TIES THAT BIND is the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. The participants will work with top-notch industry professionals from both continents. The sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, public and private financing in the two regions, pitching, marketing and distribution. They will meet leading Asian and European sales agents, funders and potential co-producers during FOCUS ASIA in Udine.

Target Group

TTB is targeted at European & Asian producers focusing on project development. We will select 5 European and 5 Asian producers. In addition to feature fiction films, we are open to TV series or animation fiction films in development. We encourage you to bring your directors to the workshop.

We also welcome applications from European professionals interested in working with Asia such as sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives, or European producers who wish to focus on their career development. We will select 5 career participants to be an active part of the group. In order to benefit from all aspects of the programme, they will be able to partner with project participants and attend the meetings with the experts and decision makers together.

2 Workshops

  • Workshop 1 will take place November 5 - 9, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan, within the framework of the TCCF - Taiwan Creative Content Fest.
  • Workshop 2 will take place April 28 - May 2, 2024, in Udine, Italy, within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival & FOCUS ASIA.

Participation fees & conditions

  • Participants focusing on project development: 600 Euro*
  • Participants focusing on career development: 400 Euro

The fee includes the tuition costs, accommodation and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

*Participants focusing on project development will have the possibility to attend the workshop with the project director. In this case, the participation fee for directors is 200 Euro and includes tuition and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

To name just some of the success stories from the last few years, TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu (Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prix 2023), MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu (Berlinale Forum 2023), LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Escobar (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit at Sundance 2022), AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak (FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at Venice Horizons 2022), TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan (Venice Horizons 2022), ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan (Filmmakers of the Present Locarno 2022), MONEYBOYS by C.B. Yi (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2021), HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos (Special Mention Award in Locarno 2021), WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Youth Jury Award in Locarno 2021), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini (Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at Berlinale 2018), A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016). 

“TIES THAT BIND was an incredible experience. I have gained from it more than anything I could have hoped for. Beyond having concrete tools and meetings to develop my project, I met with a great group of fellow producers who were so generous in sharing their experience to mutually support each other and appreciate the strengths and difficulties of cross-cultural collaborations.”
Charlotte Lelong, Trance Films, France, Ties That Bind 2022

“TIES THAT BIND was one of the greatest networking experiences I have had so far! The group was diverse and TTB created an open environment where the exchange happened easily. Close ties have been formed that I know will last and grow.”
Josune Hahnheiser, Black Forest Films, Germany/Singapore, Ties That Bind 2022

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations on the EAVE website:  www.eave.org

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 1, 2023.

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations and apply by filling in the form here.

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by late September 2023.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and TAICCA, and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. A special thanks goes to SAAVA and ATF Asia TV Forum & Market for hosting the workshop since 2015 in Singapore and for continuing offering special support for the future plans of Ties That Bind.

For more information please contact: 

TTB Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

EAVE
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

FVG Audiovisual Fund
First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

Far East Film Festival
Established in Udine (Italy) in 1999 after the success achieved in 1998 by the Hong Kong Film focus, Far East Film is about to reach its 24th edition, and still represents a unique opportunity to experience current trends in East and South-East Asian filmmaking.
Every year, during its nine days of screenings, Far East Film offers the chance to watch the most successful recent Asian releases as well as staging important retrospectives. In the pleasant, informal and relaxing festival mood, the newest feature films from the Far East are presented along with tributes and focuses on specific directors.
Since 2016, FEFF also hosts its own industry section called FOCUS ASIA that brings together over 120 producers, investors, sales and buyers from Asia and Europe, and which includes a Project Market for films in development and a series of Panels & Case Studies dedicated to the latest trends in European and Asian cinema.

TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), established in June 2019 and supervised by the Ministry of Culture, is a professional intermediary organization that promotes the development of Taiwan’s content industries. TAICCA supports various cultural content industries in Taiwan, including film and television, pop music, publishing, ACG, and fashion, artworks and cultural technologies.
With advanced information and communication technology infrastructure and emerging technologies in Taiwan, TAICCA manages the National Development Fund to develop intellectual property (IP), incubate culture technologies, and facilitate startups.
Through international distribution channels, TAICCA strives to promote Taiwan’s cultural brand in the world. TAICCA enhances Taiwan’s cultural content industries and creates new value for Taiwan’s national brand. Profitable and eco-friendly, the creative industries are now valued as a key economic indicator worldwide.

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Extended deadline for applications: EAVE Producers Workshop 2024

EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop.

The deadline to apply for the next edition has been extended until August 28th!

  Who is it for?

EAVE is aimed at producers (fiction, documentary and TV series), who are already working in the film and television industries who wish to expand their operation internationally by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year fifty participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.

Please check the section “Who should apply” for more detailed information.

  How does it work?

Half the participants attend the course with projects and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. The other half come to EAVE in order to focus on developing their companies or careers. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks which enables producer and writer to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.

During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop some 50 Future Partners (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, financiers, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Key Industry Players. 

EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European producers which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets where EAVE facilitates graduate participation. 

  Timeline

The interviews with a pre-selection of candidates will take place in autumn 2023 and the selection will be announced in December 2023. The 3 workshops take place in March 7-14, 2024 in Luxembourg (LU), June 2024 (exact dates and place TBC), and October 14-21, 2024 in Karlskrona (SE).

  EAVE MARKETING BUDDIES PROGRAMME

The EAVE Marketing Workshop participants are joined every year by selected graduates of the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals.

EAVE is a residential workshop programme with a strong focus on network building. Should local travel restrictions occur, alternative digital solutions will be proposed.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: August 28, 2023

Check out www.eave.org or contact satu@eave.org for more information.

Start your application here: https://eave.org/programmes/information/application_pw_2024

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New partnership and special offer - Asian Project Market | Busan International Film Festival

Are you interested in CO-PRODUCING WITH ASIA?

We are happy to announce that thanks to the partnership between Asian Contents & Film Market, EAVE Ties That Bind and European Film Promotion, up to 4 EAVE European Alumni will be invited to join the 26th Asian Project Market in the framework of the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) of the Busan International Film Festival.

The invitations will be granted only to delegates looking to contribute to the selected projects of APM & Busan Story Market. These participants should be looking for new Asian film projects or original IPs to co-produce or co-finance and should not mainly aim to present their own projects in Busan.

Each producer will be able to scout the best new Asian projects in development at the APM, network with more than 2,000 film professionals from all over the world and attend festival screenings. The invitation by Asian Project Market covers 4 hotel nights (Oct. 7-11) plus a discounted accreditation for 150 US$.

The Asian Project Market (APM, October 7- 10) is a co-production platform that offers filmmakers of official APM projects the opportunity to meet international leading film professionals including financiers, co-producers, or sales agents. In 2022, 29 projects were presented in more than 705 scheduled meetings This year, APM will introduce 30 official projects – [See Full List of APM 2023].

Established in 2006, Asian Contents & Film Market (Oct. 7 – 10) serves as a total film market covering all stages of film industry from pre-production to film sales. Since 2022, ACFM has presented Busan Story Market as a marketplace for film and audiovisual adaptation of original IP ranging from literary books to webtoons, web novels, story, and more. This year, Busan Story Market will introduce about 60 original IPs as an official selection with powerful Korean and Asian IP holders.

During the four days of the APM, Asian Contents & Film Market and Busan Story Market, the invited EAVE producers will be able to join a programme curated by EAVE Ties That Bind including a series of plenary sessions and networking activities.

Through a special Ties That Bind booth, we will provide a hub for business meetings exclusively dedicated to the invited producers, who are actively looking for co-producing and co-financing partners from Asia.

On top of this, we offer a tailor-made programme of round tables involving international key decision makers attending the Asian Contents & Film Market.

If you are interested, please send your CV and statement of goal & purpose of your attendance in APM and Busan to apmguest@biff.kr before August 26th.

For further information, please see:

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EAVE project SKIFF and TTB project TITANIC OCEAN receive funding

Eurimages

In its second Project Evaluation Session of 2023 the Executive Committee of the Eurimages Fund has decided to support 33 feature films, including 3 documentaries and 2 animations. Of the 33 projects supported during the session, 18 are to be directed or co-directed by women. 26 projects were produced by EAVE graduates:

  • ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Piperides
  • BLOCK 5 by Klemen Dvornik, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik
  • BROTHERS by Türker Süer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen
  • CINDARELLA'S STEPSISTER by Emilie Blichfeldt, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduates Carla Fotea, Diana Paroiu
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Léontine Petit
  • FATHER by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc, co-producers: EAVE graduates Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
  • FIRST COMES LIFE, THEN THE MOVIES by Francesca Comencini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
  • GOAT GIRL by Ana Asensio, co-producer: TTB graduate Pedro Hernandez
  • HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, co-producers: EAVE graduates Eugenia Mumenthaler, Andres Pfaeffli
  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, EAVE participant Pilvi Waltzer
  • L'ENFANT BELIER by Marta Bergman, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urška Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec, Katarina Prpić
  • MAN VS FLOCK by Tamara Kotevska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
  • MUM by Nikola Lezaic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
  • NO MERCY - THE UNSPARING GAZE by Isa Willinger, co-producers: EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, EAVE+ graduate Peter Drössler
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fabien Westerhoff, Julie Viez
  • SEA OF GLASS by Alexis Alexiou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduates Carla Fotea, Diana Paroiu
  • THE GIRL FROM KÖLN by Ido Fluk, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS by Magnus von Horn, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Agnieszka Wasiak
  • TRANSIT TIMES by Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Yvonne Wellie
  • VERMIGLIO, OR THE MOUNTAIN BRIDE by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • WAIT TILL YOU HEAR MINE by Pelin Esmer, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Bogdan Craciun
  • WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco

https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/

 

Netherlands Film Fund

Netherlands Film Fund announced the recipients of funding in the second round of its 2023 Film Production Incentive. 12 fiction features, nine documentaries, three drama series and one documentary series, including 13 international co-productions are supported.

  • ARMAND by Halfdan Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink 
  • MORESNET by Frank van Passel and Jonas van Geel, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler
  • PARADISE by Bobbie Koek, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE FAVOURITE by Karin Junger, co-producers: EAVE graduates Xavier Rombaut, Marten D’Hollander
  • THE IDYLL by Aaron Rookus, co-producers: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut  
  • THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • VÄRN by John Skoog, co-producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Kaarle Aho, Beata Rzezniczek

In the second round of 2023 two international co-productions are selected within the Minority co-production feature film and documentary and Minority co-production short animation and research & experiment scheme:

  • VÄRN by John Skoog, co-producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Kaarle Aho, Beata Rzezniczek
  • THE WALLED OFF HOTEL by Amer Shomali, Clarens Grollman, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh

Six Projects were selected in the second round of New Dawn:

  • BXL by Ish Aït Hamou & Mouhir Aït Hamou, producer: EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
  • MARCHING IN THE DARK by Kinshuk Surjan, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • MEXICO 1986 by Cesar Diaz, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont.

www.filmfonds.nl

 

HBF+Europe

Rotterdam’s HBF+Europe programme announces 2023 recipients, new post-production support scheme. Four minority co-productions were selected:

  • ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduate Caroline Daube, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • QUATRO MENINAS by Karen Suzane, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • TEAR GAS by Uta Beria, producer: EAVE graduate Delphine Schmit
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, producer: PUENTES graduate Thomas Miculet
  • A WINNER IS SEEN AT THE START by Zhannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Two co-productions selected in collaboration with Flemish Audiovisual Fund:

  • HEIZEL by Hans Herbots, co-producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • LAST LETTERS FROM MY GRANDMA by Olga Lucovnicova, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

https://iffr.com

 

Lithuanian Film Centre

The Lithuanian Film Centre has announced the second grants for 2023:

  • GRUODIS by Grzegorz Paprzycki, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
  • NR.24 by John Andreas Andersen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
  • SMELIO UZTVANKA by Cejen Cernic Canak, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene

http://www.lkc.lt

 

CNC

  • LES PETITS VOLEURS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, EAVE+ Head of Studies and group leader Jani Thiltges has been selected in the CNC’s third advance on receipts session of 2023.

https://stenola.be

 

screen.brussels

Seven Belgian feature films win backing from screen.brussels. Following its 22nd session, screen.brussels will be supporting 14 new projects: 7 feature films, 6 documentaries and 1 animated series.

  • BXL by Ish Aït Hamou & Mouhir Aït Hamou, producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd
  • LA VOCATION by Guérin Van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle, producers: EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, Ellen De Waele
  • L’ENFANT BÉLIER by Marta Bergman, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • MEXICO 1986 by César Diaz, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont  
  • TÊTES BRÛLÉES by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • TWA TIMOUN by Jonas D’Adesky, producers: EAVE graduates Aurelien Bodinaux, Nezha Cohen

https://screen.brussels/en/news/session-22

 

Moin Film Fund

The Moin Film Fund (formerly Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein) supports 2 projects made by EAVE graduates:

Script funding:

  • WELTENEXPRESS by Malte Thomsen, producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft

Development support:

  • LOVE ESCAPE by Anja Gurres, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker

www.ffhsh.de

 

FFA

The German-French film funding commission and the German FFA commission put their weight behind 3 film projects by EAVE graduates:

  • PASTORAL PATHWAYS by Ahmet Necdet Cupur, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
  • TTB project TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Radu Stancu, Nina Frese
  • DAS ANGSTTIER by Lola Randl, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske

www.ffa.de

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THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff is in production

In production

  • THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, co-producers: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova and EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos is in pre-production. The feature is inspired by the life of Sally Bauer, the first European woman to swim across the English Channel in 1939. Filming on the project will commence in August in Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and the UK. The story is set at a time when Europe is on the brink of war. While society and her family urge her to follow her duties as a mother, she breaks free from conventions to pursue her dreams. THE SWEDISH TORPEDO receives backing from the Swedish Film Institute, Creative Europe, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the Estonian Film Institute, Konstnärsnämnden and the Norrköpings filmfond.

www.momentofilm.se

  • REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin is in production. Blending social chronicle and bittersweet comedy, the film paints the portrait of a Tunisian family living in France in the early 1990s  and uses comedy to explore questions such as the search for identity, generational conflicts and latent racism in France. Penned by the director, the story revolves around Amel and his family who learn, one day, that their landlord wishes to take back his apartment within a few months’ time. As his eldest daughter Mouna starts to have visions of Charles Martel and their application for a new socially-funded home drags on, Amel has no other choice but to reinvent himself… REINE MÈRE is produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond on behalf of Kazak Productions, in co-production with Arte France Cinéma, and by Belgium’s Frakas Productions. Pre-purchased by Arte, Canal+, Amazon Prime Video, RTBF and Proximus, the feature film is likewise supported by the Ile-de-France and Grand Est regions, the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

www.frakas.be

  • BLUE BANKS by Andreea Cristina Bortun, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis starts its shooting in Romania. The plot: Lavinia, a single mother, is trying to make a better living for herself and her son, in a poor Romanian village. On her own terms. She’s impulsive, she miscalculates, she doesn’t know very well how to love. However, Dani, her 13 years old son, needs his mother more than ever during this period of his life, at the threshold between childhood and adolescence. In the course of the four seasons, Dani and Lavinia's relationship is put to the test. Gabi Suciu is producing through Atelier de Film (Romania) in co-production with Jean-Laurent Csinidis and Jerome Nunes through Films de Force Majeure (France) and Ales Pavlin & Andrej Stritof through Perfo Production (Slovenia). The Romanian coproducers are Avanpost (Vlad Radulescu), Petra Films (Andreea Cristina Bortun) and Forest Film (Adrian Paduretu). Alexandra Tinjala and Adriana Bumbes are associate producers. The project has been backed by the Romanian Film Centre, CNC Aide aux Cinemas du Monde and PACA Region SUD (France), as well as the Slovenian Film Centre, MEDIA Creative Europe and Eurimages.

www.films-de-force-majeure.com

 

 

In post-production

  • TOTALLY BOSS by Ingomar Vihmar, producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips is shooting. The story: Oliver and Sass, who are 13 years old, create a nose-shaped glasses holder in their handicraft class, which unexpectedly catches the interest of a mysterious big investor. At the same time, Oliver's recently laid-off father is struggling to find a new job. As the boys are too young to run a business independently, they come up with the plan to hire Oliver's father to manage their company and thus save his parents' troubled marriage. “The family comedy tells the story of relationships between children and parents from a contemporary and fresh perspective, raising the question of what a family needs in order to be happy? Throughout the film, the roles mix and transform, and we see children behaving like adults and parents behaving like children”, Ingomar Vihmar said. Esko Rips is producing through Nafta Films, Support comes from the Estonian Film Institute, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Creative Europe Media, the Tartu Film Fund, Elisa Estonia and Nafta Films.

https://nafta.ee

  • SNAJKA: DIARY OF EXPECTATIONS by Tea Vidovic Dalipi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stefano Tealdi is in post-production. The documentary follows the personal journey of the director and her husband Mirsad, who comes from an extremely traditional Roma family from Kosovo, while Tea stems from a modern, urban Croatian family. Oliver Sertic is producing through Croatia’s Restart in co-production with Stefano Tealdi through Italy’s STEfilm and Bujar Kabashi through Kosovo’s Möbius, and in association with Tabahana Film from Kosovo. Support from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre through production and international cooperation grants, the Piemonte Film Fund, the City of Zagreb, and the City of Ferizaj.

www.stefilm.it

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BLAGA’S LESSONS wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Crystal Globe competition

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova won the top award, the Crystal Globe and Best Actress (Eli Skorcheva) and the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  • BRUTAL HEAT by Albert Hospodářský, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova received a Special Jury mention
  • DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO by Cyril Aris, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine received a Special Jury mention
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin won a Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury
  • GURAS by Saurav Rai, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel received the Special Jury Prize
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel won the FIPRESCI Award

Eastern Promises

  • TASTY by Egle Vertelyte, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis won the Works in Progress TRT Award
  • BIKECHESS by Assel Aushakimova, producer: EAVE + graduate Antoine Simkine received the Works in Progress Karlovy Vary IFF Award
  • FLIGHT FROM KABUL by Sahraa Karimi, producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamík Hrycová received the MIDPOINT Works in Development - Feature Launch Award

www.kviff.com

 

  Tribeca International Film Festival

  • A STRANGE PATH by Guto Parente, producer: EAVE graduate Ticiana Augusto Lima wins Best International Narrative Feature, Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature

https://tribecafilm.com

 

Galway Film Fleadh

  • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe won Best Irish Feature at Galway Film Fleadh
  • THE LAND WITHIN by Fisnik Maxville, producer: EAVE + graduate Britta Rindelaub received the Peripheral Visions Award

www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

 

Cinedays Macedonia

EAVE graduates scoop the main awards of the Cinedays Festival of European Film:

  • A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON by Gentian Koci, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won the Golden Sun Award for Best Film in the SEE programme
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe won the Golden Star for Best Film and the Blue Star for Best Screenplay
  • TEMPS MORT by Ève Duchemin, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri won the Silver Star for Best Director

http://cinedays.mk

 

Munich Filmfest

  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele won the Cinerebels Award of the Munich Filmfest.
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff won the Audience Award
  • www.filmfest-muenchen.de

 

Brussels International Film Festival

  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Jury Prize in the Directors' Week
  • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland won the Grand Prize in the National Competition, Best Actor (Olivier Rabourdin), Best Photography Award
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye won Best Actress (Jelena Kordić Kuret) and Best Sound Award
  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens won Best Photography Award 

www.briff.be

 

Pula International Film Festival

8 awards for EAVE graduates at the Pula International Film Festival:  

  • ESCORT by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic The Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor (Kresimir Mikic) and the Golden Arena for Best Production Design
  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky Golden Arena for Best Croatian Minority Coproduction
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic won the Golden Arena for Best Director and the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography (Marko Brdar)
  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norvilliene, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic won the Golden Arena for Best Editing, the Golden Arena for Best Makeup and the Golden Arena for Best Sound Design:
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye won the Golden Arena for Best Leading Actor (Adnan Omerovic)

www.pulafilmfestival.hr

 

European Film Festival Palic

  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov won  Best Film in the Parallels and Encounters Programme at the European Film Festival Palic
  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin received a Special Mention
  • COLD AS MARBLE by Asif Rustamov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille won a Special Mention in the Parallels and Encounters Programme
  • INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas, executive producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis received a Special Mention

www.palicfilmfestival.com

 

Golden Apricot International Film Festival

  • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armina Anda received the Golden Apricot as best short film in Golden Apricot IFF 2023 Armenia.

hoshkee.com

 

Mediterranean Film Festival, Valletta

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora won Best Feature Film at the first edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival, Valletta 
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic won Best Director

www.mediterrane.com

 

Paris Champs Élysées Film Festival

  • ÉTAT LIMITE by Nicolas Peduzzi, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski won the Grand Prix du Jury and the Prix de la Critique du Meilleur Long Métrage Français Indépendant at the Paris Champs Élysées Film Festival

http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2023

 

Durban International Film Festival

  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen won Best Director Award
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele won Best African Feature Film Award

Durban FilmMart

  • COCONUT by Karabo Lediga, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane won the JCC Carthage Pro / Chabaka Prize and the TRT Cinema Award. 

https://durbanfilmmart.co.za/

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PUENTES project BLANQUITA now in French cinemas

In French cinemas

  • UNE NUIT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart. July 5.

www.versusproduction.com

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. July 12. 

www.komplizenfilm.de

  • PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES, EAVE+ and MW graduate Giancarlo Nasi. July 26.

https://quijotefilms.com/

  • THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE by Francisca Alegria, producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt. July 26.

http://www.cinemadefacto.com

 

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska. June 29.

www.dontenlacroix.eu

  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel. July 5.

www.daghoel.com

 

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. June 30.

www.iniciafilms.com

 

 

In German Cinemas

  • EAVE project OUR RIVER ... OUR SKY by Maysoon Pachachi, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al Muhanna. July 6.

contacttalal@hotmail.com

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TTB project TIGER STRIPES competing at New Horizons

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (June 30 –  July 8)

  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.nifff.ch

 

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (July 9 – 16)

  • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Armine Anda
  • LUKA by Jessic Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff

www.gaiff.am

 

Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (July 10 – 16)

  • OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer

https://www.biky.or.kr/

 

Galway Film Fleadh (July 11 – 16)

  • A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d’Alò, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
  • ALONG THE WAY by Mijke de Jong, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe
  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedru, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT by Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine 
  • LONELY OAKS by Fabiana Fragale, Jens Mühlhoff, Kilian Kuhlendahl, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach
  • NIGHTMAN by Mélanie Delloye, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
  • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland 
  • THE LAND WITHIN by Fisnik Maxville, producer: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

 

Revelations Perth Film Festival  (July 12 – 16)

  • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese

www.revelationfilmfest.org

 

 

Pula International Film Festival (July 15 – 23)

  • ESCORT by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • MOTHER by Sophia Zornitsa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marcel Lenz
  • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic
  • SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norvilliene, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye

www.pulafilmfestival.hr

 

International Film Festival Palic (July 15 – 21)

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • AS WE WERE DREAMING by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin
  • COLD AS MARBLE by Asif Rustamov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
  • EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • GENTLE by Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
  • INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas, executive producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • PLANET B by Pieter Van Eecke, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • POWER by Matyas Prikler, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • THE LAST SEAGULL by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • WHOSE DOG AM I? by Robert Lakatos, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • WINTER STORY by Carl Olsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke

www.palicfilmfestival.com

 

Durban International Film Festival (July 20 – 30)

  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Durban FilmMart (July 21 – 24)

Among the Talents Mentors: EAVE participant Yanis Gaye.

  • COCONUT by Karabo Lediga, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane
  • BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH by Nadia Rais, producer: EAVE graduate Sarra Ben Hassen
  • HOTEL HILLBROW by Malusi S Bengu, producer: EAVE graduate Khosie Dali

http://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za

 

New Horizons International Film festival, Wroclaw (July 20 – 30)

International Competition

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel

Gala Screenings

  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen

Masters

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas.
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

Discoveries

  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

Selected to Polish Days during the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wrocław:

  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MAX LINDER, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Edward Porembny
  • WHITE COURAGE by Marcin Kozalka, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska
  • FIN DEL MUNDO by Piotr Dumala, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Magdalena Kaminska

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

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MEET EAVE IN AUGUST!

@ The Norwegian International Film Festival, August 21 - 25, Haugesund (NO)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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EAVE Interview with Mariana Oliva and Luana Lobo about innovative filmmaking at Maria Farinha Films

EAVE+ graduate power women Mariana Oliva and Luana Lobo, co-CEOs and Partners of Maria Farinha Filmes (BR), gave an inspirational masterclass on Innovative Leadership and Company Sustainability recently at the EAVE Producers Workshop in Alpbach, Austria. We had the pleasure to talk with Mariana Oliva and Luana Lobo after the event to share their best practices with the EAVE network.

EAVE: Maria Farinha Filmes is a Brazilian production company with 25 employees and more than 25 projects on its slate. What does sustainability mean for your company?

MFF: Maria Farinha Filmes is committed to social transformation through entertainment. Therefore, it is a certified B Corporation and a member of the UN Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and the SDGs Strategic Alliance. For each production, there is an active search for diversity in all teams, the payment of fair and decent wages for all professionals and contracted suppliers, the adoption of sustainable and reusable options on our film sets, and the offsetting of all carbon emissions.

Maria Farinha Filmes' work is a vital outreach and impact movement that unites activists, artists, conscious companies, and institutions to raise awareness and inspire transformation. For this reason, the production company has a non-negotiable rule: all productions must touch at least one SDG (the Sustainable Development Goals that are part of a global agenda adopted during the United Nations Summit, composed of 17 objectives and 169 targets). We believe inspiring new ways to imagine the future is fundamental to our process while seeking stories and crafting how to tell them. And we recognize that in order to reach and inspire diverse audiences in Brazil and overseas, we need to connect to people's needs, dreams, and conversations, staying informed about the transformation that is already happening among different generations and groups.

That means diversifying in formats, business models, and languages we work with - fiction, documentaries, reality shows, features, and series - through constant research and knowledge from the market, adapting our financial strategies as new possibilities arise to get those messages out into the world. In summary, we consider our production company a boutique studio, with all the intelligence needed from the development of a project to the launch, but with startup skills. We choose to implement collective intelligence in all decision-making processes, including content diversity, business strategy, audience insights, and executive production.

Can you describe the leadership structure in your company? How does it work in practice and what are the challenges and advantages?

At Maria Farinha Films we have adopted an approach to leadership through the implementation of a circular leadership structure. This innovative model is based on the principles of collaboration, empowerment, and shared decision-making.

The concept of a circular leadership structure emerged from our collective aspiration to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment where every team member's contributions are valued. Instead of a traditional hierarchical setup, we distribute leadership responsibilities across various roles and individuals, promoting a sense of autonomy and equal participation.

In practice, our circular leadership structure functions through the establishment of cross-functional teams that are accountable for different aspects of our operations, projects, and strategic initiatives. This decentralized decision-making process fosters innovation, adaptability, and creativity, as it draws upon the diverse perspectives and skills of our team members.

One of the primary advantages of a circular leadership structure is its ability to harness the collective intelligence and talents of our team. By involving individuals from different backgrounds, roles, and levels of experience in decision-making processes, we gain access to a wide range of ideas, insights, and expertise. This approach enhances our problem-solving capabilities, promotes a culture of continuous learning, and strengthens our capacity to tackle complex challenges.

What did the diversification of your team and of the leadership group bring into your company in terms of values and impact? Did you start the company with such a diverse team or did you diversify on the way? What thinking process led you to do that?

Our team is composed of 25 people: mostly women, representing 80% of the team, as well as a majority in the corporate board and leadership group. Currently, 35% of the team identify either as Black, Mixed-race, Indigenous or Asian. In addition to the in-company team, Maria Farinha values diversity in the teams we hire for the production of our projects, also valuing local communities that operate in regions further away from Brazil's main economic centers, from the initial research phase to the launch.

The process of diversifying our team was driven by a core belief in the power of diverse perspectives. We understood that by bringing together individuals from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities, we could create a more vibrant and innovative work environment. Embracing diversity was not only a reflection of our commitment to equality and fairness, but also a strategic decision to enhance the quality of our work.

We remain committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment within our team, leadership group, and throughout our production processes, striving to be a reference of equity and representation within the entertainment industry. With that in mind, Maria Farinha Films is the first production company in Latin America to be part of the Global Compact and The Women's Empowerment Principles of UN Women (WEPs).

Can you describe the sensitivity reading method?

Recognizing the power of stories in shaping the world and strengthening the production company's commitment to a diverse and inclusive language, all Maria Farinha projects are developed through our very own sensitivity reading method.

Our method of analysis aims to diagnose and point out sensitivities, in an active listening of diverse voices and experiences, to deconstruct stereotypes, strengthening the creation of imaginaries that welcome all diversity in our society. The method does not aim to modify or interfere in the creative process, but to inspire new perspectives by offering repertoire to ensure a narrative concerned with inclusion and diversity of audiences. The company relies on a diverse network of specialists, ensuring a leading role for the culture of the widely diverse represented communities.

All consultants in the network are properly paid, strengthening the economy and development of these diverse cultures.

© Aruanas/ Maria Farinha Films and Globoplay

 

Maria Farinha Films is a certified B Corporation and part of the Global UN Compact. Which was the biggest social impact you achieved and that you are the proudest of?

To answer this question, let's take a closer look at "Aruanas"  (created by Estela Renner and Marcos Nisti showrunners and partners of Maria Farinha Filmes), a series co-produced by Rede Globo and Maria Farinha Filmes. The series is an environmental thriller inspired by real facts, which tells the story of 4 activists who run an NGO dedicated to socio-environmental causes. In the first season, they investigate a report of an environmental disaster in the Amazon rainforest, getting involved in an intense plot as they try to balance work and personal dramas.

When shown on broadcast TV, the first season reached over 34 million people in Brazil, celebrating activism while making an urgent call to society to protect the Amazon. The series is the basis of a movement supported by more than 20 global socio-environmental organizations such as UNEP, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, WWF, International Conservation, and OXFAM. Before its premiere, in an unprecedented strategy, more than 2 million activists from around the world were invited to watch the content firsthand. 

Screened on broadcast TV in one of the countries where activists are killed the most (according to a Global Witness survey, in 2019, 90% of the environmental activist murders in the country occurred in the Amazon), the series made headlines in major newspapers worldwide. They reached Trending Topic on Twitter Global with 89% of positive reactions on social networks. According to a quantitative survey by Qantas, the production company's mission was accomplished – 91% of the audience who watched Aruanas felt sympathetic to the activists' struggle and felt like engaging in some cause.

Besides shedding light on urgent global issues, Greenpeace advised the production, and the series was faithful to the activism it portrays on the screen, following all the premises of sustainable production, from the offsetting of greenhouse gases to the choice and training of the cast:

  • 47% of the team involved in the production were women.
  • The 5 main characters are women; 3 of them are black.
  • During the Amazon shooting time, 65.6% of the cast was local.
  • "Aruanas" also features Manu Trigo, the first child actress with cerebral palsy to participate in a Globo TV series.
  • The production used the ZCO2 blockchain platform to neutralize its greenhouse gas emissions – the emissions calculations were audited by SGS, a global leader in this type of certification. Carbon credits from forests in the Amazon were also used.
  • 90% of the costumes worn by the entire cast were second-hand.

How do you work on audience engagement?

At Maria Farinha Films, we prioritize the audience experience from the beginning. We have dedicated departments for market research and audience insights that play a crucial role in shaping our projects. By understanding the profile of our target audience, we create content that truly resonates and sparks meaningful conversations, connecting to the needs and concerns of many audiences. 

But it doesn't stop there. Our commitment to audience engagement extends to our marketing and distribution strategies. And some initiatives are crucial to democratize our content. We provide accessibility resources and ensure that our content is available across various platforms including broadcast TV and digital platforms. Our goal is to make our productions accessible to as many people as possible.

At Maria Farinha Films, we are passionate about connecting with our audience, promoting positive change, and delivering exceptional storytelling experiences. We invite our audience to be a part of the conversations we spark through our content and join a movement.

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Apply now for TIES THAT BIND 2023/2024!

The call for applications for the 15th edition of TIES THAT BIND Asia - Europe Co-Production Workshop in 2023 is now open until 25 August 2023.


We are very proud to renew the partnership with TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency and to unveil the new dates and location of the Asian session of the workshop!

TAICCA: “Ties That Bind offers expertise and networking opportunities and is a great platform for Asian and European professionals to connect. We are very delighted to continue the partnership for the third year to consolidate the ties between Asia and Europe.”

Kristina Trapp, EAVE: “2021 has been the start of our privileged partnership with TAICCA for TIES THAT BIND and the experience has been amazing. Taipei is a perfect home for our programme that offers a bridge between Asia and Europe for producers and professionals from both continents to create strong professional networks and cooperations.”

Sabrina Baracetti, Far East Film Festival: “We are happy to renew the collaboration with TAICCA which is confirmed to be a strategic partner both for the Udine festival and for Focus Asia and Ties That Bind. A collaboration that from this year becomes multi-year allowing adequate and stimulating planning!"

Paolo Vidali, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund: ”TTB has grown steadily over its 15+ year life. Year by year we have adjusted the offer to have constant and organic growth. The upcoming edition will face changes that will allow it to achieve even more ambitious objectives.”

What is TTB?

TIES THAT BIND is the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. The participants will work with top-notch industry professionals from both continents. The sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, public and private financing in the two regions, pitching, marketing and distribution. They will meet leading Asian and European sales agents, funders and potential co-producers during FOCUS ASIA in Udine.

Target Group

TTB is targeted at European & Asian producers focusing on project development. We will select 5 European and 5 Asian producers. In addition to feature fiction films, we are open to TV series or animation fiction films in development. We encourage you to bring your directors to the workshop.

We also welcome applications from European professionals interested in working with Asia such as sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives, or European producers who wish to focus on their career development. We will select 5 career participants to be an active part of the group. In order to benefit from all aspects of the programme, they will be able to partner with project participants and attend the meetings with the experts and decision makers together.

2 Workshops

  • Workshop 1 will take place November 5 - 9, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan, within the framework of the TCCF - Taiwan Creative Content Fest.
  • Workshop 2 will take place April 28 - May 2, 2024, in Udine, Italy, within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival & FOCUS ASIA.

Participation fees & conditions

  • Participants focusing on project development: 600 Euro*
  • Participants focusing on career development: 400 Euro

The fee includes the tuition costs, accommodation and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

*Participants focusing on project development will have the possibility to attend the workshop with the project director. In this case, the participation fee for directors is 200 Euro and includes tuition and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

To name just some of the success stories from the last few years, TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu (Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prix 2023), MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu (Berlinale Forum 2023), LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Escobar (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit at Sundance 2022), AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak (FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at Venice Horizons 2022), TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan (Venice Horizons 2022), ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan (Filmmakers of the Present Locarno 2022), MONEYBOYS by C.B. Yi (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2021), HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos (Special Mention Award in Locarno 2021), WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Youth Jury Award in Locarno 2021), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini (Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at Berlinale 2018), A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016). 

“TIES THAT BIND was an incredible experience. I have gained from it more than anything I could have hoped for. Beyond having concrete tools and meetings to develop my project, I met with a great group of fellow producers who were so generous in sharing their experience to mutually support each other and appreciate the strengths and difficulties of cross-cultural collaborations.”
Charlotte Lelong, Trance Films, France, Ties That Bind 2022

“TIES THAT BIND was one of the greatest networking experiences I have had so far! The group was diverse and TTB created an open environment where the exchange happened easily. Close ties have been formed that I know will last and grow.”
Josune Hahnheiser, Black Forest Films, Germany/Singapore, Ties That Bind 2022

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations on the EAVE website:  www.eave.org

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 25 August 2023

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations and apply by filling in the form here.

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by late September 2023.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and TAICCA, and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. A special thanks goes to SAAVA and ATF Asia TV Forum & Market for hosting the workshop since 2015 in Singapore and for continuing offering special support for the future plans of Ties That Bind.

For more information please contact: 

TTB Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

EAVE
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

FVG Audiovisual Fund
First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

Far East Film Festival
Established in Udine (Italy) in 1999 after the success achieved in 1998 by the Hong Kong Film focus, Far East Film is about to reach its 24th edition, and still represents a unique opportunity to experience current trends in East and South-East Asian filmmaking.
Every year, during its nine days of screenings, Far East Film offers the chance to watch the most successful recent Asian releases as well as staging important retrospectives. In the pleasant, informal and relaxing festival mood, the newest feature films from the Far East are presented along with tributes and focuses on specific directors.
Since 2016, FEFF also hosts its own industry section called FOCUS ASIA that brings together over 120 producers, investors, sales and buyers from Asia and Europe, and which includes a Project Market for films in development and a series of Panels & Case Studies dedicated to the latest trends in European and Asian cinema.

TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), established in June 2019 and supervised by the Ministry of Culture, is a professional intermediary organization that promotes the development of Taiwan’s content industries. TAICCA supports various cultural content industries in Taiwan, including film and television, pop music, publishing, ACG, and fashion, artworks and cultural technologies.
With advanced information and communication technology infrastructure and emerging technologies in Taiwan, TAICCA manages the National Development Fund to develop intellectual property (IP), incubate culture technologies, and facilitate startups.
Through international distribution channels, TAICCA strives to promote Taiwan’s cultural brand in the world. TAICCA enhances Taiwan’s cultural content industries and creates new value for Taiwan’s national brand. Profitable and eco-friendly, the creative industries are now valued as a key economic indicator worldwide.

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APPLY NOW: GREEN FILM LAB at MIA Market

Green Film Lab promotes environmentally sustainable practices in audiovisual production and guides professionals on how to apply a green protocol and get a certification through 3-day workshops held in different European regions, in collaboration with film institutions and funds.

At the next round the workshop will be held in Rome (Italy), thanks to the collaboration between TorinoFilmLab, Green Film and MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo. It will take place between 13th and 15th October, on the tail end of the ninth edition of MIA Market.

GREEN FILM LAB looks for

  • FILM AND SERIES INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS involved in the pre-production and production stages, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set and applying WITH or WITHOUT a project
  • PROFESSIONALS with at least 2 years of experience in sustainability willing to get an intensive training on the audiovisual industry mechanisms
  • DELEGATES from Funds, Film Commissions, Film Institutions interested in knowing more about sustainability on set.

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 4TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Click HERE to visit the detailed call for applications.
For more information www.torinofilmlab.it, severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it

The participants will learn how to apply the current best practices in terms of energy saving, transport, accommodation, catering, set decoration, waste management, recycling and communication. The training is based on the Green Film Rating System and its two main features: the sustainability plan and the certification process for audiovisual projects. Each workshop, held in English, is open to 24 participants.

Among the pedagogical experts involved in the workshop: the Head of Studies EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili - Italian producer and TFL alumnus, Louise Marie Smith (UK) - founder and managing director of Neptune Environmental Solutions, Lucie Trémolières - French-based writer and director for all kinds of dramatic media with a special focus on different emotional responses to the environmental crisis and Dörte Schneider Garcia - Portugal-based experienced assistant director and green consultant.

Green Film Lab is organised by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, promoted by the National Museum of Cinema and Trentino Film Commission, in collaboration with EAVE.

Supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union.

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Call for applications: EAVE Producers Workshop 2024 - deadline August 21, 2023

EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop.

  Who is it for?

EAVE is aimed at producers (fiction, documentary and TV series), who are already working in the film and television industries who wish to expand their operation internationally by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year fifty participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.

Please check the section “Who should apply” for more detailed information.

  How does it work?

Half the participants attend the course with projects and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. The other half come to EAVE in order to focus on developing their companies or careers. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks which enables producer and writer to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.

During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop some 50 Future Partners (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, financiers, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Key Industry Players. 

EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European producers which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets where EAVE facilitates graduate participation. 

  Timeline

The interviews with a pre-selection of candidates will take place in autumn 2023 and the selection will be announced in December 2023. The 3 workshops take place in March 7-14, 2024 in Luxembourg (LU), June 2024 (exact dates and place TBC), and October 14-21, 2024 in Karlskrona (SE).

  EAVE MARKETING BUDDIES PROGRAMME

The EAVE Marketing Workshop participants are joined every year by selected graduates of the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals.

EAVE is a residential workshop programme with a strong focus on network building. Should local travel restrictions occur, alternative digital solutions will be proposed.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: August 21, 2023

Check out www.eave.org or contact satu@eave.org for more information.

Start your application here: https://eave.org/programmes/information/application_pw_2024

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EAVE project APATHY receives funding

Finnish Film Foundation

The Finnish Film Foundation has granted production support to 5 feature film projects by EAVE graduates.

  • EAVE project APATHY by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduates Alejandro Arenas, Kaarle Aho
  • ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producers: PUENTES and EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir, EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
  • HEAVY TRIP: HARDER, FASTER, LOUDER BY Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • REDOUBT by John Skoog, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
  • THERAPY by Paavo Westerberg, producers: EAVE graduate Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen

http://ses.fi/en

 

National Film Centre of Latvia

The National Film Centre of Latvia announced its production grants for 2023. Among them:

  • A BOY by Ruta Znotina, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
  • KAMI KAZE by Mareks Kolats, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza 
  • KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
  • SUMMER BLUES by Anna Ansone, producer: EAVE graduate Alise Gelze
  • THE BOG by Reinis Kalvins, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube
  • THE CHILD Linda Olte, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza

www.nkc.gov.lv/en

 

Croatian Audivisual Centre

  • HAJKA & THE DEVIL’S GARDEN by Nevio Marasovic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic receives support from the Croatian Audivisual Centre.

www.havc.hr

 

Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre

The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre has announced the results of the first 2023 session of its Film Commission, which supports the production of the following films by EAVE graduates:

  • BELLADONE by Maxime Pistorio, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye
  • BOOMERS by Jan Bucquoy, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
  • DEVOLUTION by Nicolas Boucart, producer: TTB graduate Valérie Bournonville
  • GRAND BONHOMME by Colin Cressent, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • JE SUIS TON ANIMAL MATERNEL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • KATIKA BLUU by Stéphane Xhrouet, Stéphane Vuillet, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • KRIEG by Delphine Noels, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • LA DANSE DES RENARDS by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • LES DERNIERS NOMADES by Biljana Tutorov, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
  • LE SNULS by Gilles Dal, Guillemo Guiz, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • MARY ANNING by Marcel Barelli, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
  • MELVILE by Fursy Teyssier, Romain Renard, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont  
  • REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • SAUF LE PASSÉ by Sanaz Azari, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • SUSPENDUS by Benjamin d'Aoust, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • TÊTES BRÛLÉES by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, co-producers: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova and EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
  • ULTRA by Christophe Cotteret, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • WE ARE FAMILY by Géraldine Doignon, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • WENDY by Salomé Richard, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland

 

The New Dawn fund announces 5 backed projects, among them:

  • MEXICO 1986 by César Diaz, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont  
  • BXL by Ish Aït Hamou & Mouhir Aït Hamou, producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd

https://audiovisuel.cfwb.be

 

IDM Film Commission

Ten new projects are to be financed by the IDM Film Commission Südtirol, following the second call of 2023. Among them:

  • AXIS by Sven Bohse, producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel
  • HAPPYLAND by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • WOODWALKERS by Damian John Harper, co-producer: EAVE graduate and President Danny Krausz

www.film.idm-suedtirol.com

 

  • MODI by Johnny Depp, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi is in pre-production. The script written by Polish-born scriptwriter Jerzy Kromolowski together with Mary Kromolowski follows the artist Amedeo Modigliani during 48 hours in 1916 in Paris. Proton Cinema will handle the shooting in Hungary. The project’s producers are Barry Navidi through Harry Navidi Productions and Johnny Depp through the London-based IN.2.Films. The companies Infinitum Nihil, Salome Productions and The Veterans are also involved. The film will be shot in Budapest and Paris.

http://protoncinema.hu

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EAVE project MADAME LUNA in production now

In production

  • EAVE project MADAME LUNA by Daniel Espinosa, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies is in production. Inspired by true events, the film is a thrilling drama about an Eritrean refugee who is washed ashore in Libya, and with time becomes one of the most notorious human smugglers with deep ties to the Italian Mafia. „MADAME LUNA is a darling for me. Like ‘The Swedish Torpedo,’ this is a film portraying a strong woman and that goes a long way. I’ve been working on it for almost ten years,” said Herdies. Supported by the Swedish Film Institute, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, and the Eurimages CoProduction Development Award.

http://momentofilm.se

  • LA VOCATION by Guérin Van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland is in production. The film is following in the footsteps of a self-willed and idealistic young woman called Alexia, a trainee nurse who arrives at a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital, where she meets head-nurse Joëlle who teaches her all she needs to know about the profession. Alexia finds herself moved by angry Beline, a 20-year-old patient who doesn’t think she should be there. Despite Joëlle’s warnings to keep a distance from patients, Alexia grows close to Beline and fully invests herself in getting her out. The filmmakers’ aim with this project is to question the conditions in which psychiatric patients are admitted, cared for and treated. Desperately overworked care teams often struggle to provide adequate support, prioritising the most urgent cases and finding themselves wrestling with ethical and emotional dilemmas. Psychologist, playwright and director Sophie Muselle has been exploring “madness” for many years now, orchestrating stage shows and writing workshops in league with mental health service-users. When Guérin Van de Vorst came across her work, he sought to devise a fiction film with Muselle, which would tackle these topics. LA VOCATION is produced by Benoît Roland’s Wrong Men, partners include Proximus, VOO & Be TV, RTBF, and Casa Kafka Pictures, with the film also enjoying backing from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre.

www.wrongmen.be

  • THE GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum is in post-production. The story of the film follows the fate of a family of Syrian refugees, a solitary English teacher from Afghanistan and a young border guard, all of whom meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis triggered by President Lukaschenko opening doors to migrants in Belarus as a back door to enter the EU. THE GREEN BORDER is a co-production between Poland, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic, produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski through Metro Films, Fred Bernstein through Astute Films and Agnieszka Holland, in co-production with Maria Blicharska, Damien McDonald from Blick Productions, Sarka Cimbalova from Marlene Film Production and Diana Elbaum and David Ragonig through Beluga Tree. The Chair of the European Film Academy Mike Downey and Field Entertainment’s Jeff Field are executive producers. Eurimages, the Czech Film Fund, the CNC – Centre National du Cinema et L’Image Animée - Cinéma du Monde, Sofica La Banque Postale Image 17, Centre du Cinéma et de L’Audiovisuel de la Federation Wallonie Bruxelles, CANAL+ Poland, the Czech Television and ZDF/ARTE are supporting the project.

www.dontenlacroix.eu

  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic is shooting. It is a story about a shy and sensitive teenager Lucia, who navigates between the expectations of society and the discovery of her own sexuality. "I am grateful that I can make films and that through artistic reflection, above all, through myself and through the world around me, I can provoke the audience with questions, criticism, empathy and a sense of one's own being," says director Urska Djukic, who penned the script with EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi. LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS is produced by Jozko Rutar through Spok Films (Slovenia), Miha Cernec and David Cej through Staragara I.T. (Italy), and Katarina Prpic through Izazov 365 (Croatia), in co-production with Slovenia’s Nosorogi and RTV Slovenija. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija, Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA-Mic (MIBACT), the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, the Film Commission Friuli Venezia Gulia (FVG) and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, with technical support provided by FS Viba. The development of the film was supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA, RE-ACT and Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The 35-days shooting will take place in two parts: 29 days in June - July 2023 in Cividale del Friuli and Ljubljana, and additional six days during the winter.

www.staragara.com

  • BLUE BANKS by Andreea Cristina Bortun, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis is in production. The plot: Lavinia, a single mother, is trying to make a better living for herself and her son, in a poor Romanian village. On her own terms. She’s impulsive, she miscalculates, she doesn’t know very well how to love. However, Dani, her 13 years old son, needs his mother more than ever during this period of his life, at the threshold between childhood and adolescence. In the course of the four seasons, Dani and Lavinia's relationship is put to the test. Gabi Suciu is producing through Atelier de Film (Romania) in co-production with Jean-Laurent Csinidis and Jerome Nunes through Films de Force Majeure (France) and Ales Pavlin & Andrej Stritof through Perfo Production (Slovenia). The Romanian coproducers are Avanpost (Vlad Radulescu), Petra Films (Andreea Cristina Bortun) and Forest Film (Adrian Paduretu). Alexandra Tinjala and Adriana Bumbes are associate producers. The project has been backed by the Romanian Film Centre, CNC Aide aux Cinemas du Monde and PACA Region SUD (France), as well as the Slovenian Film Centre, MEDIA Creative Europe and Eurimages.

www.films-de-force-majeure.com

 

In post-production

  • GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina is in post-production. Filming concluded for the directorial feature debut from actress and singer Margherita Vicario, produced by tempesta with Rai Cinema and tellfilm. The film is set in a women's boarding school in Venezia at the end of the 18th century, and tells the story of Teresa, a young woman with the talent of a visionary who, together with a small group of extraordinary female musicians, traverses the centuries and challenges the dusty catafalques of the Ancien Régime by inventing rebellious, light and modern music. Pop! GLORIA! has received support from MIC – Direzione generale cinema e audiovisivo, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission - PromoTurismoFVG, the Federal Office of Culture and the Ticino Film Commission.

http://www.tempestafilm.eu

  • ABANDONED by Vytautas Puidokas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You is in post-production. At a desolate farm in the snowy countryside, a group of troubled men, including recovering addicts and former prisoners, find their last chance of redemption. Led by Žanas, a former addict who turned his life around through nature and Catholicism, the men struggle to overcome their pasts and avoid relapse. Unexpectedly, a 14-year-old boy named Matas joins the farm, seeking solace from his own childhood trauma. As the community bonds over their shared struggles, they discover the power of love and support in healing their wounds. “In Eastern Europe, addiction is a deeply ingrained issue affecting half of all families. Director Vytautas Puidokas embarked on a poignant exploration of this topic in 2021, centering on a religious community functioning as a rehabilitation centre. Our film aims to present a multifaceted portrait of this community, with a particular focus on Matas, a sensitive and vulnerable young boy who stands as its core. Despite the intense dynamics within the group, they have formed a united and supportive family. Through our observational approach to filmmaking, we aim to unveil the entire cycle of addiction. We delve into its formation, its impact on relationships, the transmission of behaviours across generations, and, most importantly, the path to recovery”, producer Ruta Jekentaite said. Jekentaite is producing through Lithuanian UKU FILMS in co-production with Estelle Robin You through the French GRANDE OURSE films and in association with Baltic Productions & Broom films (Lithuania). The Lithuanian Film Centre granted the project for development and production. The production is also supported by the Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive and the Lithuanian National Television, while the international funding comes from GRANDE OURSE films and Arte G.E.I.E.

https://fr.linkedin.com/in/estelle-robin-you-38608a31

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LUX Audience Award for CLOSE

LUX Audience Award

  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel scooped the 2023 LUX Audience Award. The award ceremony was held on 27 June, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

https://luxaward.eu/en

 

Greek Iris Awards

  • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti wins big at the Hellenic Film Academy’s major award ceremony! The film scooped 10 Iris awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best First-time Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Stathis Stamoulakatos), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christos Kontogeorgis), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dina Mihailidou), Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound
  • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper wins Best Minority Co-production
  • BROADWAY by Christos Massalas, producers: EAVE graduates Amanda Livanou, Cristian Nicolescu wins Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up, Hair and Special Effects Design
  • DODO by Panos H. Koutras, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno wins Best Special and Visual Effects
  • AIRHOSTESS-737 by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti wins Best Short Film
  • A NIGHT AT THE CEMETERY by Stelios Polychronakis, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros wins Best Short Animated Film

https://hellenicfilmacademy.gr/en/

 

Austrian Film Awards

EAVE graduates win big at the Austrian Film Awards:

  • EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber won Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actor (Gerhard Liebmann), Best Supporting Actor (Luka Dimic) and Best Score
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach was awarded Best Leading Actress (Vicky Krieps), Best Cinematography (Judith Kaufmann), Best Costume Design and Best Make-up 

https://www.austrianfilms.com/

 

Hungarian Motion Picture Awards

  • HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS by Sandor Csoma, producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Sümeghy won Best Director and Best Actress (Emőke Pál).
  • THE INFORMANT by Balint Szentgyörgyi, Aron Matyassy, Bence Miklauzi, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won Best TV Series, Best Editor, Best Visual Design at the Hungarian Motion Picture Awards.

www.protoncinema.hu

 

Lithuanian National Film Awards

8 awards for EAVE graduates at the Lithuanian National Silver Crane film awards:

  • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego scooped Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Sound Design
  • VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland won Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up
  • SONGS FOR A FOX by Kristijonas Vildziunas, co-producer: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis was awarded Best Music Composer
  • JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won Best Minority Co-production

www.lrt.lt/en

 

Nastri d’Argento Award

  • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won the Nastri d’Argento Award handed out by the Italian film journalists, for its lead actors (Alessandro Borghi and Luca Marinelli) as well as for Best Sound.

www.nastridargento.it

 

Art Film Fest Kosice

  • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit won the Blue Angel, the main prize in the International Competition of the 29th Art Film Fest Kosice. 
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland was awarded Best Director 
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic won Best Actor

https://artfilmfest.sk/en

 

Krakow Film Festival

  • RADICAL MOVE by Aniela Gabryel, producer: EAVE graduate RADICAL MOVE by Aniela Gabryel, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic won the Award for the best short and documentary film producer in Poland funded by the Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA) ATM Group and FDR Studio.

www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en

 

Transilvania International Film Festival

6 awards for EAVE graduates at the Transilvania International Film Festival:

  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Special Jury Award in the Main Competition
  • DAY OF THE TIGER by Andrei Tanase, producers: producers: PUENTES and MW graduate Alexa Rivero, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won the Debut Award in the Romanian Days Competition
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won Best Feature in the Romanian Days Competition and the FIPRESCI Award
  • FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu received the award for the most popular Romanian film in the festival
  • LITTLE DEATH by Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the CNC Moldova Award at Transilvania Pitch Stop
  • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger won Best Documentary in the What’s Up, Doc? competition

https://tiff.ro/en

 

Philosophical Film Festival in Skopje

  • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang won the Golden Owl Award for Best Feature Film Audience Award at the 13th Philosophical Film Festival in Skopje. 

https://philosophicalfilmfestival.mk

 

FEST – New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho

  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen won the Golden Lynx – Fiction at FEST – New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho 
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith received an Honorable Mention 

https://site.fest.pt/en

 

Animafest Zagreb

  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis Grand Prix in the Grand Competition Feature Film section at the 33rd edition of the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi received a Special Mention

http://www.animafest.hr/en

 

German Film Fest Madrid

  • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz won the Audience Award at the German Film Fest Madrid.

www.dor-film.com

 

Zlin Film Festival

  • DELEGATION by Asaf Saban, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Dziedzic, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad received the Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film in the Youth Category at the Zlin Festival of films for children and youth.

http://www.zlinfest.cz

 

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won the Contrechamp Jury Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach won the Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film.

www.annecy.org

 

Biografilm Festival Bologna

  • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach won the Best Film Award in the International Competition at the Biografilm Festival Bologna.

www.biografilm.it

 

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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE in French cinemas

In French cinemas

  • RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite. June 7.

www.bubblesproject.com

  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis. June 7.

https://studiolocomotive.lv/#aboutus

  • PORNOMELANCHOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE + graduate Gema Juarez Allen, PUENTES graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis. June 21.

www.gemafilms.com

  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. June 28.

www.bacfilms.fr

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • YUNI by Kamila Andini, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia. June 14.

https://akangafilm.com

  • LAST DANCE by Delphine Lehericey, producers: EAVE graduates Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont. June 21.

www.needproductions.com

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. June 15.

www.elementfilms.ie

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra. June 15.

www.graffitidoc.it

  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel. June 7.

www.daghoel.com

  • EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas. June 7.

www.alinafilm.com

 

In German cinemas

  • MEMORY OF WATER by Saara Saarela, producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari. June 8.

https://bufo.fi

  • TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT by Christoph Hochhäusler, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper. June 22.

www.heimatfilm.biz

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. June 28.

www.iniciafilms.com

  • BEFORE, NOW & THEN by Kamila Andini, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara. June 29.

https://fourcoloursfilms.com/before-now-then-nana

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EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT competing for the Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary

Krakow Film Festival (May 28 – June 6)

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • DREAMING ARIZONA by Jon Bang Carlsen, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE by Urska Djukic and Emilie Pigeard, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
  • PIANOFORTE by Jakub Piątek, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubick
  • RADICAL MOVE by Aniela Gabryel, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic 
  • VIKA! by Angeska Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Katarzyna Slesicka

www.krakowfilmfestival.pl

 

Zlin Film Festival (June 1 – 7)

  • ADEMOKA’S EDUCATION by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
  • BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • COMEDY QUEEN by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Possne
  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • DELEGATION by Asaf Saban, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Dziedzic, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
  • GIRL by Adura Onashile, producers: EAVE graduates Ciara Barry, Rosie Crerar
  • GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producer: EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen
  • KIDDO by Zara Dwinger, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven
  • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
  • ONE IN A MILLION by Joya Thome, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler
  • EAVE project PSYCHOBITCH by Martin Lund, producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen
  • SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SISTERS by Linda Olte, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Roberto Cavallini
  • SO DAMN EASY GOING by Christoffer Sandler, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström
  • TTB project ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan, producer: TTB graduate Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
  • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev

https://www.zlinfest.cz/en

 

Internationales Filmfest Emden Norderney (June 7 – 14)

  • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe
  • FRANKY FIVE STAR by Birgit Möller, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
  • GIRL by Adura Onashile, producers: EAVE graduates Ciara Barry, Rosie Crerar
  • PIECE OF MY HEART by Dana Nechushtan, producers: EAVE graduates Frans Van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schilling
  • TEL AVIV – BEIRUT by Michale Boganim, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK by Ari Folman, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.filmfest-emden.de

 

 Tribeca International Film Festival (June 7 – 18)

9 films selected for the Tribeca International Film Festival:

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • A STRANGE PATH by Guto Parente, producer: EAVE graduate Ticiana Augusto Lima
  • DEAD GIRLS DANCING by Anna Roller, producer: TTB graduate Bérénice Vincent
  • JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • LAROY by Shane Atkinson, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Aubert 
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE FUTURE by Noam Kaplan, associate producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
  • THE LESSON by Alice Troughton, producer: EAVE graduate Fabien Westerhoff
  • THE MIRACLE CLUB by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, producer: EAVE graduate Larry Bass

https://tribecafilm.com

 

Sydney Film Festival (June 8 – 19)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt 
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, executive producers: EAVE graduates Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Danae Spathara, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producers: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

http://sff.org.au

 

Transilvania International Film Festival (June 9 – 18)

  • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger
  • ANOTHER LOTTERY TICKET by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • COMPARTMENT NUMBER 6 by Juho Kuosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • DAY OF THE TIGER by Andrei Tanase, producers: producers: PUENTES and MW graduate Alexa Rivero, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • DOGBORN by Isabella Carbonell, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies 
  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Radu Stancu, Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny, EAVE MW graduate Ioana Lascar
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
  • FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
  • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • NORTHERN COMFORT by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Danae Spathara, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • WHOSE DOG AM I? by Robert Lakatos, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • UPON ENTRY by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras

https://tiff.ro/en

 

Biografilm Bologna (June 9 – 19)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
  • DREAMING ARIZONA by Jon Bang Carlsen, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • FRANKY FIVE STAR by Birgit Möller, producers: EAVE graduates Jamila Wenske, Jussi Rantamäki
  • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach

www.biografilm.it

 

Annecy International Animated Film Festival (June 11 – 17)

  • CECI EST MON COEUR by EAVE graduate Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Nicolas Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • JOHNNY & ME – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME WITH JOHN HEARTFIELD by Katrin Rothe, producer: EAVE graduate Werner Schweizer
  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • THE MIRACLE by Nienke Deutz, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink
  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • TUFO by Victoria Musci, producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

www.annecy.org

 

Midnight Sun Film Festival Helsinki (June 14 – 18)

  • EAVE project HEARTBEAST by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastian AubertEISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Koji Nelissen 
  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert

www.msfilmfestival.fi

 

Sheffield Doc/Fest  (June 14 – 19)

  • A COLÔNIA LUXEMBURGUESA by Dominique Santana, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
  • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • BREAKING SOCIAL by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangård
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen

http://sheffdocfest.com

 

Frameline Festival San Francisco (June 14 – 24)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • EAVE project HEARTBEAST by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastian Aubert
  • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
  • PORNOMELANCHOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
  • RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
  • SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SISI & ICH by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and President Danny Krausz

www.frameline.org

 

Festival of Mediterranian Film Split (June 15 – 24)

  • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Radu Stancu, Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny, EAVE MW graduate Ioana Lascar 
  • FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
  • MATRIA by Álvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • PLASTIC SYMPHONY by Juraj Lehotsky, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith

http://fmfs.hr/en/

 

Art Film Fest Kosice (June 16 – 23)

  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic
  • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

https://artfilmfest.sk/en

 

New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho (June 19 – 26)

  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith

https://site.fest.pt/en

 

Champs-Elysées Film Festival, Paris (June 20 – 27)

  • THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chicha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger
  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach

www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com

 

Taipei Film Festival (June 22 – July 8)

  • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith 
  • UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
  • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
  • ALMA VIVA by Cristèle Alves Meira, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska 
  • THE DAM by Ali Cherry, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
  • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau  
  • PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES, EAVE + and MW graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, line producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
  • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, executive producers: EAVE graduates Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Danae Spathara, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devor, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers

https://www.taipeiff.taipei

 

Munich Film Festival (June 23 – July 1)

  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • BLONDI by Dolores Fonzi, co-producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Fernanda Del Nido
  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert
  • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi
  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Radu Stancu, Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny, EAVE MW graduate Ioana Lascar
  • ERNEST & CÉLESTINE: A TRIP TO GIBBERITIA by Jean-Christophe Roger, Julien Chheng, producer: EAVE graduate Stéphan Roelants
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
  • LOST IN THE NIGHTS by Amat Escalante, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • NELLY RAPP – THE DARK FOREST by Johan Rosell, producers: EAVE graduates Niklas Larsson, Jon Nohrstedt
  • NEW TALES OF FRANZ by Johannes Schmid, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
  • NORTHERN COMFORT by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • OCTOPUS SKIN by Ana Cristina Barragan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • PORNOMELANCHOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
  • PRINCESS by Roberto De Paolis, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • SORCERY by Christopher Murray, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE BURITI FLOWER by João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves
  • THE DIVE by Maximilian Erlenwein, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: EAVE graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE WINTER WITHIN by Aamir Bashir, producer: EAVE graduate Claire Lajoumard
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

www.filmfest-muenchen.de

 

Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (Fema) (June 25 – July 4)

  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Leila Lyytikäinen, Elina Pohjola
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas, executive producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producers: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: EAVE graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

https://festival-larochelle.org

 

Brussels International Film Festival (June 27 – July 6)

  • HAWAR, OUR BANISHED CHILDREN by Pascale Bourgaux, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • LA MATERNAL by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens
  • NIGHTMAN by Mélanie Delloye, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen 
  • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland
  • UNE NUIT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart

www.briff.be

 

Fest Anca International Animation Festival (June 29 – July 2)

  • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, directed and produced by EAVE graduates Armine Anda
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

https://festanca.cinepass.sk/en/

 

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 – July 8)

Crystal Globe Competition

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin
  • DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO by Cyril Aris, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
  • SENSITIVE PERSON by Tomáš Klein, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Michalek

Proxima Competition

  • ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
  • BRUTAL HEAT by Albert Hospodářský, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
  • EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • GURAS by Saurav Rai, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel
  • IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graudate Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
  • SONG OF THE AURICANTURI by Camila Rodriguez Triana, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen

Special Screenings

  • ALL MEN BECOME BROTHERS by Robert Kirchhoff, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • FACING DARKNESS by Jean-Gabriel Périot, producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade, co-producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • SMILING GEORGIA by Luka Beradze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau

Horizons

  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert
  • EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi
  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Radu Stancu, Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny, EAVE MW graduate Ioana Lascar
  • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Volodimir Yatsenko
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
  • OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell
  • PORNOMELANCHOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
  • SORCERY by Christopher Murray, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producers: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
  • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith
  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors
  • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi 

Imagina

  • ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • TTB project MAMM

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    MEET EAVE IN JULY!

    @ Access BIPOC Producers Workshop 1, July 8 - 13, Winnipeg (CA)

    EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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    EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS!

    Based on the EAVE methodology, Design Thinking techniques and visual, tangible and playful exercises, this tailor-made hands-on workshop gives a 360° overview of traditional and innovative marketing techniques and Audience-centred strategies. Co-Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet and Sarah Calderón have designed a unique programme where participants are collectively working on the group’s projects more than half of the time. The result is a hands-on approach with concrete tools and the latest technologies such as AI that anyone can apply immediately within their own teams in today’s and tomorrow’s industry. This casual way of learning facilitates network and community building across countries from all over the world.

    The workshop helped me to put my daily job into perspective and gave me food for thoughts, good practices for future improvements, developments and experiments. It was also great to connect with people with very different backgrounds in the industry.

    Mathilde Martin, Charades, France

    TIMELINE & APPLICATION

    The 2023 edition of the EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP will take place in Luxembourg from November 7 – 12, 2023, in partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg.

    Applications are now open until July 2nd!

    Participants can apply without a project, or with a project in advanced development, pre-production and post-production to work with cutting-edge marketing specialists, such as Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (GOODFELLAS ex-Wild Bunch – international sales marketing) and Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency – EAVE marketing consultant) and contributors like Michael Arnon (Wolf Consultants), Boris Pugnet (The Jokers Films), Elena Neira (La Otra Pantalla), Guillaume Boscher (ex–Facebook & Instagram) and Manori Ravindran (Variety).

    The final selection will be announced in mid-August / beginning of September. 

    WHO SHOULD APPLY?

    The workshop is targeted at producers as well as professionals working in sales, distribution and marketing departments. We also welcome applications from related areas of the industry (e.g. regional and national funding institutions, film festivals and markets etc.) and from relevant trainers and consultants who want to innovate in their marketing techniques.

    EAVE is committed to equal opportunities for all and strongly encourages applications from qualified European and international candidates from diverse backgrounds and across all abilities. A specific scholarship for European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour will be available. Application for those should be mentioned in the scholarship motivation letter.

    CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND START YOUR APPLICATION!

    PARTNERSHIPS

    EAVE is proud to announce ongoing steady partnerships. We will select participants from, M:brane, Thessaloniki Crossroads, LA INCUBADORA. Members of CICAE, Europa International, Europa Distribution, ERICH POMMER INSTITUTE and EuroVOD as well as EAVE graduates will benefit of special discounts.

    For further information, please contact your EAVE team: ana@eave.org 

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    Call for Applications: CHANGE - Co-production training course 2023-2024

    EAVE, CPH:DOX, and IMS are calling for eight teams with documentary projects in development from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

    We offer a tailor-made programme taking place over three residential workshops with the aim to stimulate and qualify inter-regional co-production and to connect documentary projects to regional and international markets. Participants are tutored by regional and international experts.

    The first two workshops will consist of five full days of group work, plenaries, and individual meetings; the third workshop will take place in the framework of CPH:DOX and consists of workshop days, pitching of the projects at CPH:FORUM as well as debrief of the pitching and development of strategies for the teams and projects after the workshop.

    Between the workshops, participants will be working on project development with specific tasks and assignments.

     

    THE WORKSHOPS

    DEVELOPMENT  -  November 4-8, 2023 in Tbilisi

    We dig deep into the core of what the teams want to tell, enforce the storytelling, and focus on the ambition for each film in terms of impact, awareness, change.

    CO-PRODUCTION  -  January 15-19, 2024 in Chisinau

    We expand the participants knowledge of each other’s reality, production environment, financing structures. The pros and cons of co-production are used to strengthen each project, preparing them to meet the international market.

    ENCOUNTER – March 2024 during CPH:DOX in Copenhagen

    The projects will pitch at CPH:FORUM and encounter the international market leading to the formulation of tailored strategies for each project.

     

    THE PARTICIPANTS

    Upcoming teams – director and producer – with a documentary project in development from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine can apply and we are committed to equal opportunity to all. We focus on projects set in these countries, projects that are open for co-production, and we welcome projects in the crossing field between documentary and journalism.

    The working language is English, and participants should be comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English.

    The film project shall:

    • Demonstrate to cover topics of public interest in a professional and ethical way.
    • Have an idea of how to reach intended audiences and be a call for action.
    • Seek to have an impact on the public debate leading to potential social, political, or cultural change.
    • Priority is given to productions focusing on issues of gender equality, marginalised groups and minorities, diversity, social change, current affairs, and human rights.

    There is no participation fee as CHANGE provides tutoring, travel, lodging, and living. Participants will cover local transportation themselves.

    Application deadline: Monday 7th August 2023

    The application form can be downloaded here. For further information, please contact Satu Elo, satu@eave.org.

    This call is organised in collaboration with the film festivals/organisations:

    • Docudays UA – Ukraine
    • MOLDOX – Moldova
    • CinéDOC-Tbilisi – Georgia
    • Golden Apricot – Armenia
    • DokuBaku – Azerbaijan
    • Georgian National Film Center

    Some of the applicants might be invited for an online interview in August, to further clarify the application. Final selection will be announced in early September 2023.

     

    THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND CHANGE

    EAVE is a professional training, project development and networking organization for audiovisual producers. Founded in 1988, our objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.

    CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the biggest documentary film festivals in the world. A festival that continues to develop and expand, presenting a program that ranges from the works of major international directors to new talents, from large-scale theatrical releases to film/video works in the field between cinema and visual art.

    IMS, International Media Support, is promoting journalism and documentary film to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue. Our work is geared towards helping locally-based public interest media operating in armed conflicts, humanitarian crises and rapid political change, both positive and negative, to provide the public and “civic organizations” with public interest content they can trust and use. We work in more than 40 countries across four continents with a staff of about 150 people.

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    PUENTES 2023 SELECTION ANNOUNCED!

    We are delighted to announce the selection of participants for the 2023 edition of PUENTES, the most successful training program for European-Latin American co-production. Thanks to the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union, IBERMEDIA, and the recognition of the Directorate-General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture, we are able to bring together a talented group of 15 industry professionals.

    The first session of PUENTES will take place in the city of Udine, Italy, from June 24-30, and is made possible through the strong partnership between EAVE, FVG Audiovisual Fund, and MiC. In parallel to the main PUENTES workshop, an additional group of 11 Italian fiction and documentary producers, as well as other film professionals interested in collaborating with Latin America, will participate in PUENTES ITALIA from June 26-29.

    Under the guidance of key industry experts, the participants will develop their projects, careers and company structures over one year and two workshops.

    The PUENTES pedagogical team includes Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, AR/ES), group leader Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, FR), script consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), and producer Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films, UY).

    They will be joined by Tatiana Leite (Bubbles Project, BR), Marcin Łuczaj (New Europe Film Sales, PL) and Agustina Lumi (A Lumi, ES/AR).

    The 14th edition of PUENTES will culminate with a second workshop in Montevideo, Uruguay, from November 20-26, in partnership with Bocacha Films. Following this final week of the workshop, the 2023 participants will attend VENTANA SUR (November 27-December 1) thanks to the partnership between EAVE and the Marché du Film. Additionally, a special workshop for Uruguayan participants will be held during the second week of the workshop.

    Here is the list of the 15 selected participants (10 focusing on project development and 5 focusing on career development):

    • Alejandra Antequera, Trisomia Cine, Bolivia
      • Project: DESIDIA
    • Aleksi Hyvärinen, Don Films, Finland
      • Project: MONEY RUN
    • Arthur Cohen, Elementary, France
    • Clarissa Guarilha, La Creciente, Uruguay, Brazil
      • Project: CIMARRÓN
    • Claudio Esposito, The Piranesi Experience, Italy
      • Project: CERRADO POR DUELO
    • Emilija Sluskonyte, AUSTRÈ, Lithuania
      • Project: TIERRA MALA
    • Jorge Forero, Marginal Cine, Colombia
      • Project: THE LANDSCAPES THAT YOU SEEK
    • Lara González Lobo, IFFR, Netherlands, Spain
    • Leandro Listorti, Maravillacine, Argentina
      • Project: LOS DÍAS LIBRES
    • Mireia Graell, Ringo Media, Spain
      • Project: PORTO ALEGRE
    • Morgan Bushe, Fastnet Films, Ireland
    • Patricia Barbieri, Prana Filmes, Brazil
      • Project: SUIT
    • Pilar Peredo, Tu Vas Voir, France, Argentina
      • Project : MA VIE AVEC VIOLETA
    • Stefan Michel, Studio Seufz
    • Thomas Micoulet, Haut Les Mains, France

    In addition, 12 Italian professionals have been selected for PUENTES ITALIA.

    3 of them are bringing a documentary project in development to the workshop, 3 of them a fiction feature and 5 are focusing on exploring the opportunities of working with Latin America:

    • Pablo Apiolazza, APZmedia
    • Tommaso Brugin, AViLab
    • Alessandro Carroli, EiE film
    • Stefano Chiavarini, Piroetta
      • Project: EL BUEN VIVIR
    • Vincenzo Filippo, Lupin Film
    • Andrea Gori, Lumen Films
      • Project: THE WILD GIRLS
    • Federica Moretti, 9 Muse
      • Project: ART OF SINKING
    • Greta Nordio, Redibis Film
      • Project: SEARCHING CASTANEDA
    • Andrea Ranelletti, Minerva Pictures
      • Project: COSTANERA
    • Fabio Saitto, Point Nemo
      • Project: CERRO DE PASCO: BEYOND THE VEINS OF THE EARTH
    • Angelo Rocco Troiano, Mediterraneo Cinematografica
      • Project: ISLA
    • Gioia Zurlo, ZaLab Film

    The PUENTES workshop is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and IBERMEDIA, and with the recognition of the Directorate-General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture.

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    EAVE Producers Workshop gets certified as a “Green Meeting” in Alpbach!

    We are very happy and proud to share that EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 has been certified as "Green Meeting" in Alpbach!

    Thinking Green has been close to EAVE’s heart for a long time, and since 2021 we have followed our Green Policy, in which we reviewed all our processes and practices, identified improvements, and defined concrete actions to reach our sustainability goals. This work is continuous, and we are always ambitious to identify next steps to be taken.

    According to our Green Policy, we take sustainability into account when choosing our providers and workshop locations. We are very happy that this approach has now led to the first green certified EAVE workshop.

    Click to find out more:

    The "Green Meeting" was certified by Congress Centrum Alpbach - Alpbach Tourismus GmbH and complies with the criteria of the Austrian Eco-label  for "Green Meetings".

    • environmentally certified accommodations and conference facilities
    • regional and seasonal food, mostly vegetarian
    • tap water fountains instead of bottles
    • no printed materials, no badges
    • waste reduction & recycling
    • walking distance between accommodation, conference facilities and restaurants
    • group transportations to location

    Check out the EAVE Green Policy for more information about EAVE's sustainability goals: https://eave.org/about/eave-green-policy

    The EAVE Producers Workshop in Alpbach is hosted by our dear partners from the Cine Tirol Film Commission and kindly sponsored by Austrian Film Institute, Film and Music Austria, FILM in AUSTRIA and VAM – Collecting Society for Audiovisual Media Ltd.

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    ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch 2023

    The leading programme for Asian-European co-productions, TIES THAT BIND is very proud to announce a new partnership with Asia's key content market and conference, Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and to launch a brand-new lab tailored specifically to the needs of the animation industry.

    The Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and TIES THAT BIND are joining forces for the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch, starting 2023. This new initiative will bring together producers with projects from Asia and Europe with the potential and desire to explore new financing and co-production opportunities, new markets, and new audiences in both continents.

    This brand-new initiative for animation producers and projects will complement the existing TTB Asia-Europe co-production workshop for featured projects.

    QUOTE TTB: “We are thrilled to launch ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch together with our partners the Asia TV Forum & Market. The focus on animation will allow to open new opportunities of cooperation in the burgeoning animation sector and is the perfect addition to our existing training offer at TIES THAT BIND.”

    QUOTE ATF: “It gives ATF great pleasure to continue the strategic relationship with TTB, having had a highly collaborative experience over the years curating business opportunities for various projects. Together with our industry partners, we look forward to developing facets within the ecosystem that will continue to benefit the creation of good content.”

    What is TTB x ATF Animation Lab & Pitch?

    The Animation Lab & Pitch brings together selected producers with animation projects from Asia and Europe, offering an insight into the animation markets, financing, and co-production possibilities in both continents.

    An intensive online prep session in autumn segueing to an onsite lab, an open pitch, and further onsite activities with renowned industry decision-makers in December, the aim of the training is to prepare the participants for the market launch and pitch of their projects. Onsite events will take place at the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) in Singapore on December 6—8, 2023.


    Target Group

    We will select 8—10 selected animation projects (4—5 each from Asia-Pacific* countries and Europe*). Accepted formats include feature-length animated films, as well as TV formats (series or mini-series) and short films in development or financing stage. Preference will be given to projects with great creative potential, exciting visuals, interest and potential for co-production, and potential for travel across borders and continents. The program is not open to pre-school content. Preference will be given to animation for youth, families, and adults.

    2 Sessions

    1) 5-day online prep session by experts will take place in late October/early November 2023 online.

    The main objectives of the online one-week intensive training are:

    • Understand how to prepare and structure a package for the international market
    • Get an insight into funding opportunities between Europe and Asia
    • Receive feedback on your financing plans, strategies and project pitch
    • Refine the preparation and delivery of a quality pitch

    2) In-person lab & pitch @ATF will take place December 6—8, 2023 in Singapore.

    The main objectives of the three-day on-site presence at the ATF market in Singapore are:

    • Participate in lab sessions by key decision makers
    • Networking with fellow attendees
    • Pre-stage guidance from a mentor for the Open Pitch
    • Participate in the ATF Open Pitch to showcase projects
    • Join in the curated matchmaking session with Asian / European experts / decision-makers

    Condition of participation

    The deadline is September 8th, 2023.

    There is no submission/ participation fee.

    All selected participants should cover their travel and accommodation to Singapore during the ATF market.

    Talks are ongoing with European and Asian national/regional funds and promotion agencies in order to fully cover the costs of the participants from the respective countries. Please contact us for further information.

    In addition, a limited number of partial travel & accommodation scholarships are available, with priority given to applicants from countries not providing any scholarships for this kind of activities, or participants in any other proven situation in need of financial support.

    Each selected projects will receive up to 2 all-access passes to ATF.

    The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by early October.

     

    CLICK HERE TO APPLY

    https://au.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=100227547&

     

    ATF x TTB is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, ATF and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. It is supported by the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), a non-profit organization that seeks to unify film producers from the region.

    For more information please contact:

    Animation Lab Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

    www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

     

    EAVE 
    European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

    FVG Audiovisual Fund 
    First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
    Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

    ATF

    Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region’s leading entertainment content event – is the platform of calibre to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry’s top players from around the world. It’s where the best minds meet and the future of Asia’s content is shaped.

    ATF facilitates opportunities to discover vital trends, crucial statistics and significant foresight particularly in TV’s digital, kids and formats arenas. Its business match-making programme open doors to new connections in the region. With over 5,700 international buyers and sellers from more than 60 countries and regions, ATF presents valuable business prospects for top-of-the-line benefits.

    For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com

     

    * Reference:

    European countries eligible

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Europe

    APAC countries eligible

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Asia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania

    Please contact RX Global – atf.conference@rxglobal.com – to enquire about the countries currently listed in compliance with the Economic & Trade Sanctions Policy

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    Second week of EAVE’s Producers Workshop kicks off in Alpbach, Tyrol as a Green Event

    The beautiful mountain village of Alpbach, Tyrol (Austria) is the location of the second session of the EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 from June 11-18, bringing together 55 participants from 34 countries and 13 scriptwriters with a selection of 30 top industry experts.

    The workshop is hosted by our dear partners from the Cine Tirol Film Commission and kindly sponsored by Austrian Film Institute, Film and Music Austria, FILM in AUSTRIA and VAM – Collecting Society for Audiovisual Media Ltd.  The module “Producing with Austria“ at the workshop is made possible by Film and Music Austria, FILM in AUSTRIA, Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Austria and IDM Film Commission.

    A ‘green’ location for an ecologically responsible workshop

    The workshop will take place in Congress Centrum Alpbach, an Austrian Eco-Label Green Location. Our aim is to have the EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 in Alpbach organized in accordance with the criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Meetings and Green Events UZ62.

    Within the framework of the EAVE Green Policy the organisation has reviewed all its processes and practices, identified improvements, and defined concrete actions to reach its sustainability goals. These actions will affect the daily operations of its staff, the pedagogical team and guest experts, as well as workshop participants; it also will have an impact on the choice of EAVE's providers such as hotels and restaurants as well as event destinations.

    Stay tuned for further updates!

    Workshop sessions & experts

    Some highlights of the week include:

    *Innovative Leadership & Company Sustainability by Luana Lobo & Mariana Oliva (Maria Farinha Filmes, BR)

    *Producing Series in a Changing Industry by Nadine Marsh-Edwards (Greenacre Films, UK) and Lucas Schmidt (Studio Zentral, DE)

    *Working with Investors by Jean des Forêts (Petit Film, FR) and Strategic Recoupment by Peter Bille Krogh (European Collection Agency, DK)

    *Arash T. Riahi Golden Girls Filmproduktion) will explore with the participating producers the Challenges of Working with Talent (& how to solve them), while the attending scriptwriters attend simultaneously the session Kill Your Babies – The art of getting feedback & staying sane by Victoria Gilbert (UK)

    The participants will be given feedback on their finance plans in Financing Plan Brainstorms, with contributions by a panel of industry leaders with diverse areas of expertise: Salma Abdalla (Autlook Filmsales, AT), Jean des Forêts (Petit Film, FR), Petri Kemppinen (P1 Kemppinen, FI), EAVE President of the Board Danny Krausz (DOR Film, AT), Peter Bille Krogh (European Collection Agency, DK), Vicky Miha (asterisk*, GR), Nicola Ofoego (Oku-Tiné, UK) and Lucas Schmidt (Studio Zentral, DE).

    Participants focusing on career development will discuss their companies and careers in dedicated group sessions guided by Petri Kemppinen (P1 Kemppinen, FI).

    Other sessions include Digital Marketing by EAVE Marketing Expert Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES), Legal Aspects of Co-production by EAVE Legal Expert Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy (Mouthuy Avocats, BE), as well as The Stress Challenge and Lobbying Strategies by EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK).

    Spotlight on Coproduction with Austria

    Austria has recently been stepping up its game in the film and TV sector in a major way when it comes to international coproduction. The possibilities of Producing with Austria will be presented in a special session by Markus Deutsch (Film and Music Austria, AT), EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu (Film and Music Austria / Amour Fou, AT) and Katrin Fürnkranz (HQ7 Studios, AT) and include information about the latest tax incentives and the green bonus.

    Some 35 producers from Austria (and the neighboring region of Alto Adige) will join the EAVE group for several sessions and networking. In addition, the local producers will benefit from tailor-made sessions on European Financing Sources by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha (asterisk*, GR), Pitching & How to Present your Project by EAVE Pitching Expert Sibylle Kurz and Overview of European Co-production markets by EAVE graduate Martina Bleis (Berlinale Coproduction Market, DE) and Salma Abdalla (Autlook Filmsales, AT).

    EAVE’s 2023 pedagogical core team includes EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), the four group leaders Ankica Jurić Tilić (Kinorama, HR), Michael Kitzberger (NGF Geyrhalterfilm, AT), Riina Sildos (Amrion, EE) and Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU); the script consultants Jacques Akchoti (FR), Clare Downs (UK), Nayeem Mahbub (SE), TV series consultant Esther Springer (Creators Inc, UK), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK).

    They are supported by the specialized experts for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) & Nicola Ofoego (Oku-Tiné, UK), and Legal Issues: Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy (Mouthuy Avocats, BE).

    EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, Projeto Paradiso, TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

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    EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP 2023 - APPLY NOW TO THE 2023 EDITION!

    Based on the EAVE methodology, Design Thinking techniques and visual, tangible and playful exercises, this tailor-made hands-on workshop gives a 360° overview of traditional and innovative marketing techniques and Audience-centred strategies. Co-Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet and Sarah Calderón have designed a unique programme where participants are collectively working on the group’s projects more than half of the time. The result is a hands-on approach with concrete tools and the latest technologies such as AI that anyone can apply immediately within their own teams in today’s and tomorrow’s industry. This casual way of learning facilitates network and community building across countries from all over the world.

    The workshop helped me to put my daily job into perspective and gave me food for thoughts, good practices for future improvements, developments and experiments. It was also great to connect with people with very different backgrounds in the industry.

    Mathilde Martin, Charades, France

    TIMELINE & APPLICATION

    The 2023 edition of the EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP will take place in Luxembourg from November 7 – 12, 2023, in partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg.

     

    Applications are now open until June 25!

     

    Participants can apply without a project, or with a project in advanced development, pre-production and post-production to work with cutting-edge marketing specialists, such as Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (GOODFELLAS ex-Wild Bunch – international sales marketing) and Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency – EAVE marketing consultant) and contributors like Michael Arnon (Wolf Consultants), Boris Pugnet (The Jokers Films), Elena Neira (La Otra Pantalla), Guillaume Boscher (ex–Facebook & Instagram) and Manori Ravindran (Variety).

    The final selection will be announced in mid-August / beginning of September. 

    WHO SHOULD APPLY?

    The workshop is targeted at producers as well as professionals working in sales, distribution and marketing departments. We also welcome applications from related areas of the industry (e.g. regional and national funding institutions, film festivals and markets etc.) and from relevant trainers and consultants who want to innovate in their marketing techniques.

    EAVE is committed to equal opportunities for all and strongly encourages applications from qualified European and international candidates from diverse backgrounds and across all abilities. A specific scholarship for European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour will be available. Application for those should be mentioned in the scholarship motivation letter.

    CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND START YOUR APPLICATION!

    PARTNERSHIPS

    EAVE is proud to announce ongoing steady partnerships. We will select participants from, M:brane, Thessaloniki Crossroads, LA INCUBADORA. Members of CICAE, Europa International, Europa Distribution, ERICH POMMER INSTITUTE and EuroVOD as well as EAVE graduates will benefit of special discounts.

     

    For further information, please contact your EAVE team: ana@eave.org 

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    Submissions Now Open for the 3rd Creative Producers Indaba

    Submissions have opened for the third Creative Producers Indaba (CPI), a film producers’ development programme presented by the Realness Institute, in collaboration with EAVE, International Film Festival Rotterdam's IFFR Pro, and the Marrakech International Film Festival's Atlas Workshops.

    Strong creative producers play a crucial role in driving the growth of local media markets, and the CPI aims to strengthen and grow the number of capable producers on the African continent. Mehret Mandefro, Director of Development and Partnership at the Realness Institute says, “Creative Producer Indaba is addressing the most important gap in the local African media markets - training producers that can develop and finance local stories for the global and local markets. We are thrilled to be launching the third edition.”

    Since its inception in 2021, the CPI has nurtured outstanding film talent and facilitated meaningful collaborations that have empowered participants to identify the right partners for their African projects. There are numerous success stories, and a shining example is the collaboration between three African producers: Bramwel Iro from Kenya, Caroline Kganyago from South Africa, and Zoe Ramushu from South Africa. These talented individuals, who participated in last year's Indaba, are now set to co-develop their projects with Dutch producer Ellen Havenith, whose film Tiger Stripes just won the Grand Prize at Cannes' Critics Week. These collaborations exemplify the power of the CPI in fostering connections that transcend borders and build pathways to production for African projects.

    The CPI offers 10 African producers with and without projects and 5 international producers the unique opportunity to augment their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, deepen their producerial capabilities, and build professional networks across Africa and beyond. 

    2022 alumnus Zoe Ramushu (Zimbabwe/SA) reflects on her experience in the CPI:  “It is a great programme for producers wanting to sharpen their knowledge, build their network and expand their entrepreneurial horizons.”

    “The CPI aims to empower creative producers and industry leaders in Africa,” says Kristina Trapp, CEO at EAVE. “EAVE is proud to contribute with our methodology to support the groundbreaking work done by Mehret Mandefro and Elias Ribeiro of the Realness Institute.”

    “We are thrilled to once again be part of Indaba,” says Facundo Lema, Talent Manager at IFFR Pro. “The programme  continues to demonstrate the importance of collaboration and fostering a sense of community within the industry, as vital elements in empowering and boosting producers' careers. One of the most remarkable aspects is the creative exchange and the exploration of the countless opportunities that will unfold during the IFFR Pro days.”

    The Creative Producers Indaba participants will also attend the Atlas Workshops during the Marrakech International Film Festival in November and attend industry sessions at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2024.

    The chosen participants will enjoy the valuable opportunity of receiving mentorship from prominent figures in the industry, including Group Leaders Mehret Mandefro and Diana Elbaum, as well as Story consultant  Mmabatho Kau. Guest speakers such as producers Femi Odugbemi, Katriel Schory, Sata Cissokho, Constanza Arena  and Dayo Ogunyemi, along with IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic, will generously share their skills, insights, and guidance.

    “The CPI welcomes not only film producers but also film professionals who work closely with producers, including funding body representatives, international sales representatives, distributors, broadcasters, and development executives who have a vested interest in the African marketplace,” says Mehret Mandefro  “We are pleased to announce the renewal of our partnership with Projeto Paradiso, which secures one spot for a Brazilian producer. Furthermore, we are thrilled to introduce our new partnerships with the Canada Media Fund, The Austrian Film Institute, and the Swiss organisation Focal.”

    Applicants must meet certain criteria, including having produced at least one feature fiction, series, or documentary film, or a minimum of two short films as a lead or co-producer. Film professionals should have a minimum of two years of professional experience.

    The deadline for submissions is July 3rd , 2023, at 12:00 Central African Time.

    The Realness Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud, the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, the Austrian Film Institute, The Canada Media Fund, the Austrian Film Institute, The Swiss organisation Focal and The Storyboard Collective, Jeune Creation Francophone and CNC in partnership with European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), International Film Festival Rotterdam Pro (IFFR Pro), and Marrakech International Film Festival (Atlas Workshops).

    For more information and submission details, please visit the Realness Institute website at https://www.realness.institute/creative-producer-indaba.

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    European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films results of the first selection round are published

    European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films

    At the occasion of the Cannes International Film Festival, the results of the first selection round of the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films were announced by the Jury President, Marianne Slot. A total of 11 projects will receive support to development and finalization. Among them:

    • SPECIAL TREAT by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
    • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
    • NICE LADIES by Mariia Ponomarova, producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer
    • THE EDITORIAL OFFICE by Roman Bondarchuk, producers: EAVE participant Darya Bassel, EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer

    https://esfuf.eu

     

    National Film Centre of Latvia

    • HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute receives support from the National Film Centre of Latvia in the framework of the Minority Co-production Funding. The full list includes four feature films, two long documentaries and one short documentary.

    https://www.nkc.gov.lv/en

     

    Screen Ireland and Film Fund Luxembourg

    Screen Ireland and Film Fund Luxembourg have opened applications for a €120,000 Ireland-Luxembourg co-development fund targeted at female and non-binary filmmakers. Film and TV projects involving producers from Ireland and Luxembourg will be supported with funds of up to €40,000. The contribution will be split evenly between Screen Ireland and Film Fund Luxembourg. The scheme was first announced in 2019 and has a special emphasis on projects which engage with “new, emerging, and underrepresented voices”. Assessing the submitted projects will be a selection committee composed of representatives from Film Fund Luxembourg and Screen Ireland and potential external experts. Applications will close October 2.

    Film Fund Luxembourg and Screen Ireland announce Co-Development Fund for Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers now open. Film Fund Luxembourg and Screen Ireland – the national agency for the development, production and distribution of Irish film – are delighted to open applications for the Ireland/Luxembourg Co-Development Fund at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Originally announced in 2019, the Co-Development Fund is an incentive for feature film and television projects written and/or directed by filmmakers who identify as female or non-binary. The initiative aims to improve the representation of female and non-binary filmmakers across the screen industry, in both Ireland and Luxembourg. €120.000 will be allocated to the fund for 2023 on a 50/50 basis from both funding bodies. Applications are now open, and the closing date to submit projects is Monday, 2nd October, 2023.

    www.filmfund.lu

     

    • THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, co-producers: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova and EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos is in pre-production. The feature is inspired by the life of Sally Bauer, the first European woman to swim across the English Channel in 1939. Filming on the project will commence in August in Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and the UK. The story is set at a time when Europe is on the brink of war. While society and her family urge her to follow her duties as a mother, she breaks free from conventions to pursue her dreams. THE SWEDISH TORPEDO receives backing from the Swedish Film Institute, Creative Europe, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the Estonian Film Institute, Konstnärsnämnden and the Norrköpings filmfond.

    www.momentofilm.se

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    EAVE project WILD ANIMALS is in production now

    In production

    • SAINT X by Pablo Agüero, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin receives support by the Walloon Regional Audiovisual Investment Fund Wallimage. Filming of the large-scale international co-production kicked off in March. The French author and aviator is played by Louis Garrel and the film will follow his epic quest to find his best friend, an airmail pilot (played by Vincent Cassel) who has disappeared in the Andes Cordillera. Produced by Cheyenne Fédération (France) in co-production with A Single Man Productions (France) and Frakas, the movie also stars German actress Diane Kruger.

    www.frakas.be

    • MALDOROR by Fabrice Du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin is in production. The film dives deep into the traumas of contemporary Belgium centred on a young recruit in a small police station. Paul Chartier, the newcomer, devotes himself to "Operation Maldoror,” set up in the greatest secrecy to keep an eye on a notorious criminal, as two girls have just disappeared. Faced with the dysfunction of an uncoordinated and unstructured police system, Chartier suffers the failure of the operation and sinks into obsession. He then embarks on a solitary crusade against a tentacular evil that fractures him from every side. The action takes place in 1990s Belgium, in the Charleroi region. Through the journey of its hero — which brings up themes dear to the director, notably the hold of evil — the film is an opportunity to explore the recent history of the country, the marks that these cases of sexual delinquency have left on the population, and the accounts to be settled regarding their chaotic handling. MALDOROR is produced by Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts for Frakas Production. The film has received support from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, RTBF, VOO and Be Tv, Proximus, Wallimage, screen.brussels and the Tax Shelter in Belgium, and Canal+, France 2 Cinéma and SofiTVCiné in France. Filming is scheduled to last from 4 May to 28 June in Belgium.

    www.frakas.be

    • EAVE project WILD ANIMALS by Yona Rozenkier, producer: EAVE graduate Kobi Mizrahi receives funding from the Israel Film Fund. Set deep in the forests of Eastern Europe, it centres on two Jewish teenage sisters who are unaware that the Second World War ended more than 10 years ago. It is produced by Kobi Mizrahi, and has been developed with the support of the Israel Film Fund and the Turino Script Lab. 

    https://www.facebook.com/kobimiz

     

    In post-production

    • MR.K by Tallulah Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit is in post-production. The title character Mr. K is a travelling magician who finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of the hotel he just slept in. His attempts to get out only entangle him further with the hotel and its curious inhabitants. “What I have been exploring in MR. K is the way we try to mould reality into something we can control and understand. How we protect the status quo by surrounding ourselves with others who share our view, making the world bite-size and relatable,” said Schwab. The feature is being co-produced by Lemming Film (Netherlands), A Private View (Belgium), The Film Kitchen (Netherlands), Take Film 53 (Norway) and AVRO/TROS (Netherlands). The project has received backing from the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the CoBO Fund, AVRO/TROS, Creative Europe, LevelK, Eurimages, Screen Flanders, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, the Belgian Tax Shelter and the Norwegian Film Institute.

    www.lemmingfilm.com

    • FAMILIAR by Peter Calin Netzer, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt is in post-production. The screenplay, written by the director with actress-screenwriter Iulia Lumanare, follows Dragos, a film director in his forties who decides to make a movie about his family's emigration to Germany in the 1980s. Because the emigration occurred in suspicious circumstances, Dragos investigates undercover, with help from his former girlfriend, Ilinca. The collaboration brings the two closer together, however, making matters more complicated with Dragos’s fiancée. As he delves deeper into his family's past, secrets come to light, leading to revelations about certain ties with the Secret Service. Trapped in his own story and with his fiancée announcing her pregnancy, Dragos must make a decision that will impact the future of everyone involved. Director Peter Calin Netzer on his approach to writing and directing FAMILIAR: “The film is built with the thoroughness of a detective investigation. Using the present as a tool that makes the past intelligible, my main character, Dragoș, instinctively recreates the mise-en-scène of the past, recreating the love triangle his parents once had formed, leading to a never-reconciled disruption of the family. FAMILIAR is a complex story about our ever-profound search for identity and truth.” The Romanian National Film Center supported the picture, further support comes from Taiwan Creative Content Agency, Taiwan’s International Co-funding Programme, the French CNC and the European Union’s Creative Europe – MEDIA programme. The movie was shot in the summer of 2022, with the team spending two weeks in Germany in August.

    www.cinemadefacto.com

    • THE DAMNED by Thordur Palsson, producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, and Benoit Roland is in post-production. The “tense psychological horror” film follows Eva, a 19th-century widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when, in the middle of an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post. Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their decisions. Speaking about the project, the producers commented: “We could not be prouder of what Thordur and this magnificent ensemble of talent have achieved on The Damned. The Icelandic landscape is a part of the haunted soul of this film. Shooting in the depths of winter in the West Fjords provided physical and creative challenges, and each of those challenges could not have been overcome without the support of our fantastic partners. We are so excited to get this film out into the world.” THE DAMNED is being produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl for Elation Pictures (UK), John Keville and Conor Barry for Wild Atlantic Pictures (Ireland), and Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page and Nate Kamiya for Ley Line Entertainment (USA). Co-producing are Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson and Anton Máni Svansson, of Iceland’s Join Motion Pictures, and Benoit Roland, of Belgium’s Wrong Men. Institutional backers include Screen Ireland, Wallimage and the UK Global Screen Fund.

    www.spfilms.ie

    • SHOOTING BLANKS by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc is currently in post-production. The story: A man is trying to prevent a German retailer chain from tearing down a statue of his father, a decorated World War II hero, and building a store on the site. Aiming to preserve the memory of the resistance movement, he is unwittingly destroying the life of his daughter. In less than 24 hours, life is turned completely upside down for everyone involved in a series of tragicomic events. The film is produced by Slovenia’s Studio Virc in co-production with Croatia’s Nukleus Film, Italy’s Levante Produzioni, as well as Asphalt and asterisk* from Greece, with support from the Slovenian Film Centre, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, RTV Slovenija, the Greek television broadcaster ERT, Eurimages and Creative Europe MEDIA, in cooperation with Film Studio Viba Film.

    www.nukleus-film.hr

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    15 awards for EAVE producers in Cannes!

    Cannes Film Festival

    Big success for EAVE graduates at the Cannes Film Festival: 15 awards in total!

    Competition awards

    • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach wins Best Actress
    • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff wins the Jury Prize
    • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones wins the Camera d’Or

    Un Certain Regard

    • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas wins the Un Certain Regard Prize
    • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele wins the New Voice Prize
    • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun wins the Freedom Prize
    • THE BURITI FLOWER by João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora,producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves wins the Ensemble Prize
    • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: EAVE, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES graduates Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin wins the FIPRESCI prize

    Cannes Critics’ Week

    • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith scooped the Grand Prize
    • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
    • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser won the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

    Directors' Fortnight

    • CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE participant Ariadna Dot, sales: Luxbox wins the Europa Cinemas Label Award

    CICAE's Arthouse Cinema Award

    • La CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, wins the CICAE Art House Cinema Award
    • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff receives a Special Mention

    Prix Pierre Chevalier

    • CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand won the first Prix Pierre Chevalier handed out by ARTE at the Cannes Film Festival.

    www.festival-cannes.com/en

     

    German Lola Awards

    2 awards for EAVE graduates at the German Lola Awards:

    • HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the Bronze Lola
    • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz was awarded Best Costumes

    www.deutscher-filmpreis.de

     

    goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden

    2 awards for EAVE graduates at the 23rd edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden:

    • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego won the Golden Lily for Best Film and FIPRESCI Award for Fiction Feature.
    • THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts won the Special Mention of the International Jury

    https://www.filmfestival-goeast.de/en

     

    Romanian Film Awards

    9 awards including Best Film for EAVE graduates at the Gopos, the Romanian Film Awards:

    • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci scooped Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing.
    • OCCASIONAL SPIES by Oana Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Bogdan Craciun won Best Documentary and Best Sound
    • THE ISLAND Anca Damian, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers won Best Score
    • IMMACULATE Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar was awarded Best First Feature

    https://premiilegopo.ro

     

    Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz

    • Audience Award for SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic at Austria’s Crossing Europe.
    • BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson won the MIOB New Vision Award.
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska received a Special Mention in the Fiction Competition.

    www.crossingeurope.at

     

    Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival

    • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won the Authorwave Award at the Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival.
    • AVAILABLE NOW by Assaf Machnes, producer: EAVE graduate Kobi Mizrahi won the Best Debut Project Pitch Award.

    http://www.cyprusfilmdays.com

     

    DOK.fest Munich

    • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky won the DOK.edit Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich.

    www.dokfest-muenchen.de

     

    David di Donatello Awards

    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won four awards at the Italian Premi David di Donatello.The film was awarded Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Photography and Best Sound.

    www.daviddidonatello.it

     

    Platino Awards for Ibero-American Film

    • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor won Best First Film at the Platino Awards for Ibero-American Film.

    www.premiosplatino.com

     

    Irish Film & Television Awards

    • NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm won the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) in Dublin.

    https://www.ifta.ie

     

    Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival

    2 awards for EAVE graduate at the Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival:

    • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: Marianne Ostrat won the Eurimages Audentia Award
    • AND THE KING SAID, WHAT A FANTASTIC MACHINE by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen won the Beldocs Teen Award.

    https://www.beldocs.rs/en

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    EAVE project DALVA in Dutch cinemas

    AVAILABLE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS

    • THE YEAR I STARTED MASTURBATING by EAVE graduate Erika Wasserman was released on Netflix on May 26. The film has been been dubbed to nine languages (Italian, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian, Portuguese, English, Catalan) and it became the number one hit in Sweden since the release and now it is sixth in the top ten list worldwide.

    https://www.netflix.com/title/81435370

     

    In French cinemas

    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska. May 3.

    www.dontenlacroix.eu

    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert. May 10.  

    https://menuettofilm.be

     

     

    In Belgian cinemas

    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. May 3. 

    www.wrongmen.be

    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. May 10.

    www.cinemadefacto.com

    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert. May 17.  

    https://menuettofilm.be

    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska. May 24.

    www.dontenlacroix.eu

    • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang. May 24.

    http://loadedfilms.jp

     

     

    In UK cinemas

    • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal. May 5.  

    www.bosonfilm.com

    • RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. May 5.   

    www.aurorafilms.fr/

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang. May 8.

    http://loadedfilms.jp

    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert. May 12.

    https://menuettofilm.be

    • UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad. May 19.

    www.fullhouse-films.com

     

     

    In Dutch cinemas

    • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang. May 25.

    http://loadedfilms.jp

    • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra. May 15.

    www.graffitidoc.it

    • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit. May 5.

    http://helicotronc.com

     

     

    In Swiss cinemas

    • THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart. May 18.

    www.versusproduction.be

     

     

    In Austrian cinemas

    • OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. May 5.

    www.vikingfilm.nl

    • DANIEL RICHTER by EAVE graduate Pepe Danquart. May 5.

    www.danquart.de

     

     

    In German cinemas

    • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas. May 4.  

    www.heretic.gr

    • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producers: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides. May 4.  

    www.filmworks.com.cy

    • OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. May 5.

    www.vikingfilm.nl

    • EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber. May 31.

    www.goldengirls.at

     

     

    In Norwegian cinemas

    • CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED by Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa. May 26. 

    http://www.homelessbob.ee

    • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. May 26.   

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

     

     

    In Polish cinemas

    • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate  Alemberg Ang. May 26.

    http://loadedfilms.jp

    • A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE + graduate Christof Neracher. May 26.

    www.hugofilm.ch

     

     

    In Swedish cinemas

    • THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart. May 26.

    www.versusproduction.be

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    TTB project MAMMALIA selected at IndieLisboa

    Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles (April 26 – May 3)

    • AIRHOSTESS – 737 by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ionna Bolomyti
    • GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE by Urska Djukic and Emilie Pigeard, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
    • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
    • SILENCE 6-9 by Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
    • THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho, co-producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellstrom
    • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
    • THE ISLAND Anca Damian, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers

    www.seefilmla.org

     

    IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (April 27 – May 7)

    • MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, executive producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE graduate Danae Spathara, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
    • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
    • THE DAM by Ali Cherry, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
    • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
    • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese

    https://indielisboa.com/en/

     

    International Documentary Film Festival Munich (May 3 – 14)

    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • JACKIE THE WOLF by Tuki Jencquel, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
    • EAVE project NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • STAMS by Bernhard Braunstein, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
    • VIENNA CALLING by Philipp Jedicke, producer: EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher Ivanceanu

    www.dokfest-muenchen.de

     

    Docaviv – Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (May 11 – 20)

    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • PORNOMELANCOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
    • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi

    www.docaviv.co.il

     

    Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw (May 12 – 21)

    • AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
    • FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, producers: EAVE graduates Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • PORNOMELANCOLIA by Manuel Abramovich, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Rachel Daisy Ellis
    • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach
    • THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen and Anne Köhncke

    http://docsag.pl

     

    Docs Barcelona (May 18 – 28)

    • ALIS by Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
    • POLISH PRAYERS by Hanka Nobis, producer: EAVE graduate Esther van Messel
    • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

    https://docsbarcelona.com

     

    Cannes Film Festival (May 16 - 27)

    In Competition

    • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Playtime
    • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin, sales: Co-Production Office
    • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
    • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, sales: The Match Factory
    • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Gilles Chanial and Denis Vaslin, EAVE graduate Fleur Knopperts, sales: Pyramide International

    Special Screenings

    • LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland, sales: Charades
    • OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust

    Cannes Premiere

    • ALONG CAME LOVE by Katell Quillévéré, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
    • CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, producer: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez
    • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, co- producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
    • LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante, co-producer: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

    Un Certain Regard

    • ALL TO PLAY FOR by Delphine Deloget, co-producer Caroline Nataf, sales: France Televisions distribution
    • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun
    • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
    • HOUNDS by Kamal Lazraq, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: Charades
    • OMEN by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ellen de Waele, Sander Verdonk, sales: Memento
    • SALEM by Jean-Bernard Marlin, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
    • STRANGERS BY NIGHT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart, sales: Studiocanal
    • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves, sales: Magnolia
    • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduates Stefano Centini, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost

    Cannes Classics

    • RETURN TO REASON by Man Ray, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez

    La Cinéma de la Plage

    • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas

    Critics’ Week

    Feature Film Competition

    • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, produced by EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault and EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, sales: Memento
    • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith, sales: Films Boutique
    • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser, sales: Pyramide International

    Feature Film Special Screenings

    • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, sales: BE for Films

    Short Films

    • THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE FIGHT by Andrea Slavicek, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic

    Directors’ Fortnight

    • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, sales: Totem Films
    • CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE participant Ariadna Dot, sales: Luxbox
    • DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, sales: Urban Sales
    • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones, sales: Cercamon
    • LÉGUA by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras, sales: Luxbox
    • SHE IS CONANN by Bertrand Mandico, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, sales: Kinology
    • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoît Roland, sales: Best Friend Forever

    La Cinef

    • ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky 

    ACID

    • ON THE EDGE by Nicolas Peduzzi, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
    • LAISSEZ-MOI by Maxime Rappaz, producer: Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford
    • MACHTAT by Sonia Ben Slama, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade
    • NOME by Sana Na N’Hada, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen

    Les cinémas du monde | La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

    • FAGADAGA by Yoro Mbaye, producer: CPI graduate Souleymane Kebe, Senegal
    • EAVE project PIGEON WARS by Dania Bdeir, producer: EAVE graduate Sahar Yousefi, co-producer: Interchange graduate Pierre Sarraf, Lebanon
    • MOONBLIND by Nada Riyadh, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, Egypt
    • AWAITING BIRDS by Sofía Quirós Ubeda, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo Quesada, Costa Rica
    • LELIA’S TRIAL by Charlie Kouka, producer: Cyrine Sellami, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf, Tunisia
    • RIA by Arvin Belarmino, producer: Kristine De Leon, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang, TTB graduate Isabelle Glachant, Philippines
    • THE DAYS OFF by Lucila Mariani, producer: PUENTES graduate Paula Zyngierman, Argentina

    Producers on the Move 

    15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, by European Film Promotion networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes International Film Festival are EAVE graduates:

    • EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard, Denmark
    • EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, Belgium
    • EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norway
    • EAVE graduate Stelana Kliris, Cyprus
    • EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, Slovak Republic
    • EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, Croatia
    • EAVE MW graduate Silvana Santamaria, Germany
    • EAVE graduate Julia Gebauer, Sweden
    • EAVE graduate Alice Tabery, Czech Republic
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu, Romania
    • EAVE graduate David Bohun, Austria
    • EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova, Bulgaria
    • EAVE graduate Vicky Miha, Greece
    • EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, Kosovo
    • EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, Hungary

    EAVE @ Producers Network

    Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network!

    In the framework of this partnership the following EAVE graduates have been selected:

    • EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupa, Zimbabwe 
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen, Germany 
    • EAVE graduate Marija Dimitrova, North Macedonia 
    • EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner, Sweden
    • EAVE graduate Julie Zackova, Czech Republic
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Japan
    • EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, Belgium
    • EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu, Romania
    • EAVE graduate Tamryn Reinecke, Ireland
    • EAVE graduate Regina Jorissen, Germany
    • EAVE graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Canada
    • EAVE graduate Frances-Anne Solomon

    Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

    Wanda Adamik Hrycova WANDAL PRODUCTION * Henrik Jp Akesson Ruben SOUTHERN SWEDEN FILM COMMISSION * Jose Alba PECADO FILMS * Helge Albers MOIN FILM FUND HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN * Christine Alderson IPSO FACTO PRODUCTIONS * Ioanna Bolomyti ATALANTE PRODUCTIONS * Fran Borgia AKANGA FILM ASIA * Paola Botràn Diaz SIDERAL * Claudia Calvino CACHA FILMS * Stefano Centini VOLOS FILMS * Luigi Chimienti DISPARTE * Vasilis Chrysanthopoulus PLAYS2PLACE PRODUCTIONS * Tamara Dawit GOBEZ MEDIA * Ellen De Waele SERENDIPITY FILMS * Maria Carla del Rio Betancourt MARINCA FILMES * Mina Dreki MARNI FILMS * Ayman El Amir FELUCCA FILMS * Xavi Font ZÚZÚ CINEMA * Felize Frappier MAX FILMS MEDIA * Josune Hahnheiser BLACK FOREST FILMS * Alexandra Hoesdorff DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Petra Ivanyi LUPA PICTURES * Veselka Kiryakova RED CARPET * Katarina Krnacova SILVERART * Katja Lenarcic VERTIGO * Judith Lichtneckert EMILIA PRODUCTIONS * Ingrid Lill Hogtun BARENTSFILM * John Lundsten TACK FILMS * Ikka Matila MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS * Mai Meksawan DIVERSION * Katia Monla INTERMEZZO FILMS * Mariana Murillo SPUTNIK FILMS * Giancarlo Nasi QUIJOTE FILMS * Patrice Nezan LES CONTES MODERNES * Ines Nofuentes Munoz CURUXA CINEMA * Egil Ødegård EVIL DOGHOUSE STUDIOS & EUROPAFILM * Heejung Oh SEESAW PICTURES * David Power EZ FILMS * Felicitas Raffo LOROLO / CEPA CINE * Marija Razgute M-FILMS * Mika Ritalahti SILVA MYSTERIUM * Beata Rzezniczek MADANTS * Pierre Sarraf NE A BEYROUTH PRODUCTION * Ivy Shen BETULA FILMS * Dmytro Sukhanov TOY PICTURES / TOY CINEMA * Joanna Szymanska SHIPSBOY * Tamryn Reinecke PALE REBEL PRODUCTIONS * Jeske ven der Slikke IFFR * Denis Vaslin VOLYA FILMS * Catalina Vergara GLOBO ROJO FILMS * Chelsea Winstanley THIS TOO SHALL PASS * Vladimir Yatsenko FOREFILMS

    EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo is Producers Network Guest of Honour on Monday, May 22nd, 2023.

    Marché du Film

    • 15 YEARS by Chris Kraus, producers: EAVE President Danny Krausz, EAVE participant Andi G. Hess, sales: Picture Tree
    • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Playtime
    • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe, sales: Charades
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron, sales: Cat & Docs
    • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, sales: Totem Films
    • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedru, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti, sales: TVCO
    • CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE participant Ariadna Dot, sales: Luxbox
    • DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards: sales: Urban Sales
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, sales: Charades
    • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Le Pacte
    • FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, sales: Global Screen
    • GOLIATH by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd, sales: Jinga Films
    • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun, sales: Mad Solutions
    • HOUNDS by Kamal Lazraq, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: Charades
    • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser, sales: Pyramide International
    • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones, sales: Cercamon
    • LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti, produced by EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Luca Legnani, sales: True Colours
    • LAISSEZ-MOI by Maxime Rappaz, producer: Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford, sales: M-Appeal
    • LÉGUA by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras, sales: Luxbox
    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, sales: Indie Sales
    • LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT by Inari Niemi, producer: EAVE graduate Oskari Hutti, sales: Intramovies
    • LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Charades
    • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, produced by EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault and EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, sales: Memento
    • LUKA by Jessic Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, sale: Films Boutique
    • M by Vardan Tozija, producers: EAVE graduates Darko Popov, Valon Bajgora, Patrice Nezan, sales: Onetwothree Media
    • MATAR CANGREJOS by Omar Al Abdul Razzak, producer: PUENTES graduate Mayi Gutierrez, sales: Filmax
    • OMEN by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ellen de Waele, Sander Verdonk, sales: Memento
    • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotić, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, sales: Cercamon
    • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach, sales: Cercamon
    • SHOOTING BLANKS by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc, sales: All rights
    • SICA by Carla Subirana, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra, sales: Latido Films
    • STRANGERS BY NIGHT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart, sales: Studiocanal
    • THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chicha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger, sales: Les Films du Losange
    • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves, sales: Magnolia
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, sales: Dogwoof
    • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, sales: BE for Films
    • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland, sales: Best Friend Forever
    • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, sales: Bendita Film Sales
    • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith, sales: Films Boutique
    • WHEN IT WILL BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE by Sonja Heiss, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Beta Cinema
    • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith, sales: The Party
    • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi, sales: Films Boutique
    • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Sales: Pyramide International

    Frontières Platform

    • ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE+ graduate and EAVE group leader Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, EAVE participant Judith Lichtneckert
    • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

    Fantastic 7

    • THE FIN by Syeyoung Park, producer: EAVE participant Heejung Oh
    • THE SHELTER by Talal Selhami, producer: EAVE graduate Lamia Chraibi

    Cannes Docs

    • CRIMINAL BODY by Martín Boulocq, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Paula Zyngierman
    • DAD'S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, producers: EAVE graduates Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Dagne Vildziunaite
    • RELENTLESS MEMORY by Paula Rodriguez Sickert, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
    • TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
    • TENS ACROSS THE BORDERS by Chan Sze-Wei, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
    • THE CAMERA NEVER LIES by Elsadig Abdelgayoum, Abuzar Adam, producer: EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa

    EAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH MARCHÉ DU FILM

    EAVE session @ Cannes Producers Club

    "Asymmetrical coproductions" by EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic

    Date: 14:00-15:00 on May 19th

    Asymmetrical co-productions refer to those type of the co-productions that take place between countries with different costs levels, countries that differ in financing capacities, and countries that greatly differ in market size. What does that actually mean and how can you balance asymmetrical co-production in a ‘fair’ and equal way?

    Co-Production Night

    Date: 20th May at the Plage des Palmes

    This is the perfect opportunity to connect with potential co-producers and catch up with representatives from the most important international co-production markets and producer networks. Kick off the night with Co-Pro Markets Catch-Up, where global producers meet up and network over refreshments and bites with partnering organizations. Then join us for the second part of the evening and sing your HEART out with the Co-Pro Night Live Band, featuring the best (and worst!) of 80s pop music!

    Access to Co-Production Night is reserved for Producers Network badge holders and by invitation only!

    SPOTLIGHT ASIA

    The Marché du Film, in partnership with Ties That Bind (organised by Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, EAVE, Far East Film Festival, TAICCA) and Focus Asia, is launching a new international initiative in Cannes titled Spotlight Asia. The program aims to foster more film collaborations between Asia and Europe and will welcome professionals from both continents looking to build and boost their industry networks and creative connections.

    The first-ever dynamic program will feature several roundtable discussions, short presentations and networking events throughout the 2023 Marché du Film, taking place in Cannes from 16-24 May.

    The collaborative events will zoom in on everything potential co-producers from Europe and Asia need to know to navigate the different levels of working together across all formats, from fiction to animation.

    EAVE @ Les Cinémas du Monde Pavilion

    "How I Became A Sustainable Producer", Panel

    Date: 10:00 - 11:15 on May 19th  

    Production, films and environmental responsibility: experiments, methods and instruments.

    Speaker: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, producer

    EAVE @ UK Pavilion

    "How to start working in the international film industry. Labs and networks, how they work and why participating in them is a good idea."

    Date: 16:00 - 17:00 on May 22nd

    An in-depth discussion between lab providers and participants. What do international development labs and training programmes offer beyond pitching a script? Spending time with international peers builds invaluable connections and future long-term collaborators.

    Moderator Jo Duncombe, Film Consultant / New Talent Lead, British Council

    Speakers EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, Greta Fornari, Funds & Films coordinator Torino Film Lab, EAVE graduate Reece Cargan, Producer Bombito Productions, Seemab Gul, Writer/Director

    Collaboration EAVE & Focus COPRO

    "Film Financing Landscape in Europe" - a session by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha for Focus COPRO participants on May 10th (online)

    Individual consultations by EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri on Co-production strategy with Focus COPRO participants on May 15th (online)

     

    Krakow Film Festival (May 28 – June 4)

    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
    • GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE by Urska Djukic and Emilie Pigeard, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
    • RADICAL MOVE by Aniela Gabryel, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic

    www.krakowfilmfestival.pl

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    MEET EAVE IN JUNE!

    @ EAVE Producers Workshop 2, June 11 - 18, Alpbach (AT)

    EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

    @ PUENTES, June 24 - 30, Udine (IT)

    EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

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    EAVE Team Assistant Vacancy

    EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) is a professional training, project development and networking organization funded by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and the Film Fund Luxembourg. We run training programmes for audiovisual producers mainly in Europe, but also in other parts of the world.

    EAVE is looking for a Team Assistant for our team in Luxembourg.

    The primary tasks and responsibilities will include:

    • Daily office administration
    • Travel & hotel organisation
      • Assisting the EAVE team in the organization mainly of the EAVE Producers Workshop, PUENTES, EAVE Plus and EAVE Marketing Workshop, as well as other EAVE events and workshops. This includes:
        • Travel & hotel organization for team, experts and decision makers
        • General workshop logistics
        • Workshop catalogues & infobooks
        • Follow-up of participants, experts and decision makers
    • Organisation of EAVE pedagogical and team meetings, festival accreditations and smaller EAVE workshops (EAVE ON DEMAND)
    • Administration of the EAVE database (Filemaker)
    • Assisting the EAVE Financial Manager with the accountancy, funding applications, reports and other tasks
    • Assisting the responsible project manager with EAVE’s PR and social media appearance

    The Team Assistant will work closely with the EAVE Chief Executive and all the EAVE team members as required.

    The Team Assistant will be present at selected EAVE workshops in Luxembourg.

    Preferable skills required:

    • Motivation to work in the European film and television industry and with partners and participants from all over Europe
    • Very good communication, social and organisational skills
    • Flexibility, dynamism, motivation
    • Capacity to work in a team
    • Ability to take responsibility and to carry out tasks independently
    • Fluent English and French and preferably one or more other European languages
    • Computer skills (MS-Office, Filemaker)

    Priority is given to candidates based in Luxembourg.

    EAVE is committed to equal opportunities to all and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented communities.

    Working conditions:

    The Job is based in Luxembourg in full-time (40 working hours / week), ideally starting from August 16, 2023.

    Fixed term contract (1 year with the possibility of extension) according to Luxembourg work law (trial period: 3 months).

    Working language: English

    Timeline:

    Please send your application (CV, motivation letter) by email only to satu@eave.org  

    Deadline for application: June 20, 2023.

    The selection interviews will be conducted in Luxembourg in the first week of July.

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    EAVE in Cannes 2023

     EAVE is happy to announce the selection of 39 films in the OFFICIAL & SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL, 7 at LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA, 15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, 63 EAVE PRODUCERS at the PRODUCERS NETWORK and 53 films at the Marché du Film!

    In Competition

    • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Playtime
    • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin, sales: Co-Production Office
    • FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
    • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, sales: The Match Factory
    • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Gilles Chanial and Denis Vaslin, EAVE graduate Fleur Knopperts, sales: Pyramide International

    Special Screenings

    • LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland, sales: Charades
    • OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust

    Cannes Premiere

    • ALONG CAME LOVE by Katell Quillévéré, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
    • CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, producer: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez
    • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, co- producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
    • LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante, co-producer: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

    Un Certain Regard

    • ALL TO PLAY FOR by Delphine Deloget, co-producer Caroline Nataf, sales: France Televisions distribution
    • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun
    • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
    • HOUNDS by Kamal Lazraq, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: Charades
    • OMEN by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ellen de Waele, Sander Verdonk, sales: Memento
    • SALEM by Jean-Bernard Marlin, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
    • STRANGERS BY NIGHT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart, sales: Studiocanal
    • THE BURITI FLOWERS by João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora,producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves
    • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves, sales: Magnolia
    • EAVE Marketing Workshop  project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduates Stefano Centini, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost

    Cannes Classics

    • RETURN TO REASON by Man Ray, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez

    La Cinéma de la Plage

    • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas

    Critics’ Week

    Feature Film Competition

    • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, produced by EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault and EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, sales: Memento
    • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith, sales: Films Boutique
    • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser, sales: Pyramide International

    Feature Film Special Screenings

    • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, sales: BE for Films

    Short Films

    • THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE FIGHT by Andrea Slavicek, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic

    Directors’ Fortnight

    • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, sales: Totem Films
    • CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE participant Ariadna Dot, sales: Luxbox
    • DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, sales: Urban Sales
    • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones, sales: Cercamon
    • LÉGUA by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras, sales: Luxbox
    • SHE IS CONANN by Bertrand Mandico, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, sales: Kinology
    • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoît Roland, sales: Best Friend Forever

    LÉGUA © Uma Pedra Na Sapato

    La Cinef

    • ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky 

    ACID

    • ON THE EDGE by Nicolas Peduzzi, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
    • LAISSEZ-MOI by Maxime Rappaz, producer: Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford
    • MACHTAT by Sonia Ben Slama, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade
    • NOME by Sana Na N’Hada, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen

    Les cinémas du monde | La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

    • FAGADAGA by Yoro Mbaye, producer: CPI graduate Souleymane Kebe, Senegal
    • EAVE project PIGEON WARS by Dania Bdeir, producer: EAVE graduate Sahar Yousefi, co-producer: Interchange graduate Pierre Sarraf, Lebanon
    • MOONBLIND by Nada Riyadh, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, Egypt
    • AWAITING BIRDS by Sofía Quirós Ubeda, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo Quesada, Costa Rica
    • LELIA’S TRIAL by Charlie Kouka, producer: Cyrine Sellami, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf, Tunisia
    • RIA by Arvin Belarmino, producer: Kristine De Leon, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang, TTB graduate Isabelle Glachant, Philippines
    • THE DAYS OFF by Lucila Mariani, producer: PUENTES graduate Paula Zyngierman, Argentina

    PIGEON WARS © Nava Projects

    Producers on the Move 

    15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, by European Film Promotion networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes International Film Festival are EAVE graduates:

    • EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard, Denmark
    • EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, Belgium
    • EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norway
    • EAVE graduate Stelana Kliris, Cyprus
    • EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, Slovak Republic
    • EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, Croatia
    • EAVE MW graduate Silvana Santamaria, Germany
    • EAVE graduate Julia Gebauer, Sweden
    • EAVE graduate Alice Tabery, Czech Republic
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu, Romania
    • EAVE graduate David Bohun, Austria
    • EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova, Bulgaria
    • EAVE graduate Vicky Miha, Greece
    • EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, Kosovo
    • EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, Hungary

    EAVE @ Producers Network

    Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network!

    In the framework of this partnership the following EAVE graduates have been selected:

    • EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupa, Zimbabwe 
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen, Germany 
    • EAVE graduate Marija Dimitrova, North Macedonia 
    • EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner, Sweden
    • EAVE graduate Julie Zackova, Czech Republic
    • EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Japan
    • EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, Belgium
    • EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu, Romania
    • EAVE graduate Tamryn Reinecke, Ireland
    • EAVE graduate Regina Jorissen, Germany
    • EAVE graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Canada
    • EAVE graduate Frances-Anne Solomon

    Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

    Wanda Adamik Hrycova WANDAL PRODUCTION * Henrik Jp Akesson Ruben SOUTHERN SWEDEN FILM COMMISSION * Jose Alba PECADO FILMS * Helge Albers MOIN FILM FUND HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN * Christine Alderson IPSO FACTO PRODUCTIONS * Ioanna Bolomyti ATALANTE PRODUCTIONS * Fran Borgia AKANGA FILM ASIA * Paola Botràn Diaz SIDERAL * Claudia Calvino CACHA FILMS * Stefano Centini VOLOS FILMS * Luigi Chimienti DISPARTE * Vasilis Chrysanthopoulus PLAYS2PLACE PRODUCTIONS * Tamara Dawit GOBEZ MEDIA * Ellen De Waele SERENDIPITY FILMS * Maria Carla del Rio Betancourt MARINCA FILMES * Mina Dreki MARNI FILMS * Ayman El Amir FELUCCA FILMS * Xavi Font ZÚZÚ CINEMA * Felize Frappier MAX FILMS MEDIA * Josune Hahnheiser BLACK FOREST FILMS * Alexandra Hoesdorff DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Petra Ivanyi LUPA PICTURES * Veselka Kiryakova RED CARPET * Katarina Krnacova SILVERART * Katja Lenarcic VERTIGO * Judith Lichtneckert EMILIA PRODUCTIONS * Ingrid Lill Hogtun BARENTSFILM * John Lundsten TACK FILMS * Ikka Matila MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS * Mai Meksawan DIVERSION * Katia Monla INTERMEZZO FILMS * Mariana Murillo SPUTNIK FILMS * Giancarlo Nasi QUIJOTE FILMS * Patrice Nezan LES CONTES MODERNES * Ines Nofuentes Munoz CURUXA CINEMA * Egil Ødegård EVIL DOGHOUSE STUDIOS & EUROPAFILM * Heejung Oh SEESAW PICTURES * David Power EZ FILMS * Felicitas Raffo LOROLO / CEPA CINE * Marija Razgute M-FILMS * Mika Ritalahti SILVA MYSTERIUM * Beata Rzezniczek MADANTS * Pierre Sarraf NE A BEYROUTH PRODUCTION * Ivy Shen BETULA FILMS * Dmytro Sukhanov TOY PICTURES / TOY CINEMA * Joanna Szymanska SHIPSBOY * Tamryn Reinecke PALE REBEL PRODUCTIONS * Jeske ven der Slikke IFFR * Denis Vaslin VOLYA FILMS * Catalina Vergara GLOBO ROJO FILMS * Chelsea Winstanley THIS TOO SHALL PASS * Vladimir Yatsenko FOREFILMS

    EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo is Producers Network Guest of Honour on Monday, May 22nd, 2023.

    Marché du Film

    • 15 YEARS by Chris Kraus, producers: EAVE President Danny Krausz, EAVE participant Andi G. Hess, sales: Picture Tree
    • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Playtime
    • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe, sales: Charades
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron, sales: Cat & Docs
    • BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, sales: Totem Films
    • EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedru, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti, sales: TVCO
    • CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE participant Ariadna Dot, sales: Luxbox
    • DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards: sales: Urban Sales
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, sales: Charades
    • EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Le Pacte
    • FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, sales: Global Screen
    • GOLIATH by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd, sales: Jinga Films
    • GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun, sales: Mad Solutions
    • HOUNDS by Kamal Lazraq, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: Charades
    • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser, sales: Pyramide International
    • INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones, sales: Cercamon
    • LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti, produced by EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Luca Legnani, sales: True Colours
    • LAISSEZ-MOI by Maxime Rappaz, producer: Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford, sales: M-Appeal
    • LÉGUA by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras, sales: Luxbox
    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, sales: Indie Sales
    • LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT by Inari Niemi, producer: EAVE graduate Oskari Hutti, sales: Intramovies
    • LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Charades
    • LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, produced by EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault and EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, sales: Memento
    • LUKA by Jessic Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, sale: Films Boutique
    • M by Vardan Tozija, producers: EAVE graduates Darko Popov, Valon Bajgora, Patrice Nezan, sales: Onetwothree Media
    • MATAR CANGREJOS by Omar Al Abdul Razzak, producer: PUENTES graduate Mayi Gutierrez, sales: Filmax
    • OMEN by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ellen de Waele, Sander Verdonk, sales: Memento
    • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotić, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, sales: Cercamon
    • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach, sales: Cercamon
    • SHOOTING BLANKS by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc, sales: All rights
    • SICA by Carla Subirana, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra, sales: Latido Films
    • STRANGERS BY NIGHT by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri-Bronckart, sales: Studiocanal
    • THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chicha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger, sales: Les Films du Losange
    • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE participant Julia Alves, sales: Magnolia
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, sales: Dogwoof
    • THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Guillaume Dreyfus, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, sales: BE for Films
    • THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland, sales: Best Friend Forever
    • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, sales: Bendita Film Sales
    • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu, produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith, sales: Films Boutique
    • WHEN IT WILL BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE by Sonja Heiss, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Beta Cinema
    • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith, sales: The Party
    • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi, sales: Films Boutique
    • YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Sales: Pyramide International

    Frontières Platform

    • ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE+ graduate and EAVE group leader Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, EAVE participant Judith Lichtneckert
    • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

    Fantastic 7

    • THE FIN by Syeyoung Park, producer: EAVE participant Heejung Oh
    • THE SHELTER by Talal Selhami, producer: EAVE graduate Lamia Chraibi

    Cannes Docs

    • CRIMINAL BODY by Martín Boulocq, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Paula Zyngierman
    • DAD'S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, producers: EAVE graduates Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Dagne Vildziunaite
    • RELENTLESS MEMORY by Paula Rodriguez Sickert, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
    • TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
    • TENS ACROSS THE BORDERS by Chan Sze-Wei, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
    • THE CAMERA NEVER LIES by Elsadig Abdelgayoum, Abuzar Adam, producer: EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa

    EAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH MARCHÉ DU FILM

    EAVE session @ Cannes Producers Club

    • "Asymmetrical coproductions" by EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
    • Date: 14:00-15:00 on May 19th
    • Asymmetrical co-productions refer to those type of the co-productions that take place between countries with different costs levels, countries that differ in financing capacities, and countries that greatly differ in market size. What does that actually mean and how can you balance asymmetrical co-production in a ‘fair’ and equal way?

    Co-Production Night

    • Date: 20th May at the Plage des Palmes
    • This is the perfect opportunity to connect with potential co-producers and catch up with representatives from the most important international co-production markets and producer networks. Kick off the night with Co-Pro Markets Catch-Up, where global producers meet up and network over refreshments and bites with partnering organizations. Then join us for the second part of the evening and sing your HEART out with the Co-Pro Night Live Band, featuring the best (and worst!) of 80s pop music!
    • Access to Co-Production Night is reserved for Producers Network badge holders and by invitation only!

    SPOTLIGHT ASIA

    • The Marché du Film, in partnership with Ties That Bind (organised by Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, EAVE, Far East Film Festival, TAICCA) and Focus Asia, is launching a new international initiative in Cannes titled Spotlight Asia. The program aims to foster more film collaborations between Asia and Europe and will welcome professionals from both continents looking to build and boost their industry networks and creative connections.
    • The first-ever dynamic program will feature several roundtable discussions, short presentations and networking events throughout the 2023 Marché du Film, taking place in Cannes from 16-24 May.
    • The collaborative events will zoom in on everything potential co-producers from Europe and Asia need to know to navigate the different levels of working together across all formats, from fiction to animation.

    EAVE @ Les Cinémas du Monde Pavilion

    • "How I Became A Sustainable Producer", Panel
    • Date: 10:00 - 11:15 on May 19th  
    • Production, films and environmental responsibility: experiments, methods and instruments.
    • Speaker: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, producer

    EAVE @ UK Pavilion

    • "How to start working in the international film industry. Labs and networks, how they work and why participating in them is a good idea."
    • Date: 16:00 - 17:00 on May 22nd
    • An in-depth discussion between lab providers and participants. What do international development labs and training programmes offer beyond pitching a script? Spending time with international peers builds invaluable connections and future long-term collaborators.
    • Moderator Jo Duncombe, Film Consultant / New Talent Lead, British Council
    • Speakers EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, Greta Fornari, Funds & Films coordinator Torino Film Lab, EAVE graduate Reece Cargan, Producer Bombito Productions, Seemab Gul, Writer/Director

    Collaboration EAVE & Focus COPRO

    • "Film Financing Landscape in Europe" - a session by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha for Focus COPRO participants on May 10th (online)
    • Individual consultations by EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri on Co-production strategy with Focus COPRO participants on May 15th (online)

    EAVE TEAM IN CANNES

    At the European Pavilion No. 118, International Village

    At the Producers Club, Riviera, J.

    during May 19 - 23

    • EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp
    • EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

    Contact: satu@eave.org

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    Eurimages supports 18 projects by EAVE producers

    Eurimages

    In its first Project Evaluation Session of 2023 the Executive Committee of the Eurimages Fund has decided to support 32 feature films, including 6 documentaries and 2 animations. Of the 32 projects supported during the session, 11 of them (36.5% of the total funding) were directed or co-directed by women. 18 projects were produced by EAVE graduates:

    • AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia
    • BESTIARIES, HERBARIA, LAPIDARIES by Martina Parenti, Massimo D'Anolfi, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré
    • GURIA by Levan Koguashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
    • HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST by Karolis Kaupinis, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, Mikulas Novotny, Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
    • I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Sümeghy, Joram Willink
    • IT WOULD BE MY DREAM by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
    • LADY NAZCA by Damien Dorsaz, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Damian
    • LAURA by Fanny Ovesen, producers: EAVE graduates Marie Kjellson, Monica Hellström, Renée Mlodyszewski
    • LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT directed and produced by EAVE graduate Lena Vurma
    • NOOR by Jérôme Lemaire, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
    • OF BLOOD AND MUD by Jean-Gabriel Leynaud, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Hampel
    • ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff, EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
    • OUR WILDEST DAYS by Vasilis Kekatos, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume Dreyfus and Delphine Schmit.
    • SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
    • THE GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
    • THE SOULS by Tallulah H. Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
    • THE TREASURE OF BARRACUDA by Adrià Garcia, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • WISHING ON A STAR by Peter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Oplatkova

    https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/-/32-co-productions-supported-at-the-first-eurimages-project-evaluation-session-of-2023

     

    Netherlands Film Fund

    In the first round of 2023, the Dutch Film Fund and the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) have selected 6 co-productions for support. Among them:

    • RAINBOWKIDS by Mieke Struyve, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Van Den Broek
    • THE MANAGER by Maartje Bakers, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut
    • JOE SPEEDBOOT by Sam de Jong, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
    • HOKWERDA’S KIND by Boudewijn Koole, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen de Waele

    The Netherlands Film Fund NFF and Hubert Bals Fund HBF Co-production are supporting:

    • A WINNER IS SEEN by Zhannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin and Fleur Knopperts
    • QUATRO MENINAS by Karen Suzane, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

    www.filmfonds.nl

     

    FFA

    • MAD DOG OF EUROPE by Rubika Shah, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Brokemper receives production support by the German-French Funding Commission.
    • ZWEI ZU EINS by Natja Brunckhorst, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter receives funding from the German Federal Film Board FFA

    www.ffa.de

     

    Film Fund Luxembourg

    • E LËTZEBUERGER MANN by Myriam Muller, producers: EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
    • GOULD LOVER by Andy Sommer, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
    • LA CACHE by Catherine Charrier, producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
    • LES DEUX FRERES directed by Nicolas Blies and directed and produced by EAVE graduate Stéphane Hueber-Blies
    • ORA ET LABORA by Dzhovani Gospodinov, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
    • SIDI KABA ET LA PORTE DU RETOUR by Rony Hotin, producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef
    • THE SECOND ATTACK by Christina Kallas, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
    • XAVIER KIEFFER directed by EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno

    www.amourfoufilm.com

     

    Austrian Film Institute

    The Austrian Film Institute & Film Fund Vienna grants production support to:

    • HAPPYLAND by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu.
    • HIDDEN by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu.
    • WHO CARES by Ina Ivanceanu, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu.

    www.amourfoufilm.com

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    GYM by Srdan Vuletic is shooting

    In production

    • THE BRUTALIST by Brady Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi is shooting. Adrien Brody will play “visionary” Hungarian architect Laszlo Toth, who, along with his wife, Erzsebet (Felicity Jones), is facing hardship and poverty as the couple attempt to establish themselves as immigrants in post-war America. But soon, Laszlo is sponsored by a “seemingly charming” industrialist to design a “grand modernist monument” that will be a pearl of the new urban skyline – a project that will push him and his marital bond to their limits. The film is an intricate co-production between several partners, headed by producers Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon, of Brookstreet UK, and from the USA, Andrew Morrison of Yellow Bear, Andrew Lauren of Andrew Lauren Productions and DJ Gugenheim. Co-producing partners are the UK’s Intake Films and Hungary’s Proton Cinema. Further financing comes from Lip Sync Productions, Richmond Pictures, Meyohas Studio, Carte Blanche and the French production cashflow outfit Cofiloisirs.

    https://protoncinema.hu

    • CYCHOSIS by Kari Vidø, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen is in production. Cychosis is based on the first book in a trilogy, which has received great international recognition and was the first Danish novel to be nominated for the French book prize “Le Prix des Incorruptibles”. According to the producers, the feature is “a dark and intense story about Lulu and Mads, who have both experienced something strongly supernatural. […] The meeting between them leads to a wild and risky search for answers with consequences for both of them. Raw realism merges with a supernatural universe.” CYCHOSIS is being produced by SF Studios in co-production with Finland’s Don Films, and with support from the Danish Film Institute, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond and TV2 Denmark. The picture is being filmed in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Principal photography will wrap at the beginning of May.

    www.donfilms.fi

    • BLUE BANKS by Andreea Bortun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis is shooting. The screenplay, written by Borţun herself, follows Lavinia, a single mother who is trying to make a living for herself and her son, Dani, in a poor Romanian village. When she gets a job in Marseille, she has to leave Dani behind. While she’s away, he is left with endless possibilities, trying to figure out who he can become and orbiting around different male figures – his surrogate father, his biological one and his older best friend. Later, an unexpected event will force Lavinia to come back home. The director says that the exodus of people leaving Romania for better working conditions abroad has had a huge effect on her country’s society over the last two decades. While the material changes are obvious, she was more interested in the inner changes in the life of women in rural areas. “In 2018, I started to study the effects of this migration on the lives of women who had a history of working abroad. I realised it is not very often discussed how they perceive their home space when they come back on short visits, and how they need to deepen the roots they have here. I changed the perspective and examined how ‘home’ looks for the immigrant who comes back,” Bortun explains. The film will be shot over 47 days throughout the entire year, as the story covers all four seasons. The film is supported by the Romanian National Film Center. Blue Banks was developed at Less is More, First Films First and the Budapest Debut Film Forum. It was also presented in the CineLink Sarajevo, Venice Production Bridge and TIFF Industry Days programmes, winning the Transilvania Pitch Stop Award.

    www.films-de-force-majeure.com

    • GYM by Srdan Vuletic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic is shooting. GYM points to that eternal problem we are all trying to avoid admitting to ourselves: in everybody’s inner circle, there is that one idiot that you maybe should not be supporting. In Riki’s life it is his co-worker and brother-in-law-to-be Ado. The catering company they are both working for is about to close, and Ado decides that the best way to approach the problem is to just beat up the top notch cakemaker Melisa who left the company and make her work with them again. As the catering event where they will all meet approaches, Riki must decide what his part in this catastrophe will be. The Bosnian/Croatian/Slovenian/Montenegrin coproduction is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Canton Sarajevo, BH Telecom, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Film Centre of Montenegro, the Slovenian Film Centre and the Lottery of Bosnia and Herzegovina supported the project so far. Principal photography started on 10 April 2023 and will last for 16 days. The film will be completely shot in Sarajevo, using the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina as its primary location.

    www.kinorama.hr

    • SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova is currently in production. The film explores life in the mountain village of Pirin through the eyes of a horse, a dog, a goat, a cat, and a mare. The secluded village of Pirin, where people and animals depend on each other to survive, is bound to disappear together with its centuries-old traditions. “My goal is to make a film where the viewer identifies with the animal characters and where the animal is presented as a subject revealing its individual soul to the camera. Our visual approach is an aesthetic that evokes the animals' perspective on their surroundings. What interests me is a story about a human community through the eyes of the animals in it”, director Eliza Petkova said. The Bulgarian/German co-production between Red Carpet and Wood Water Films was financed by the Bulgarian National Film Center and Eurimages, and it will have a version for cinema release and a TV version for AR/rbb, which are also supporting the production. The postproduction is scheduled for May 2023 - February 2024, with Eliza Petkova holding the editor's credit.

    http://redcarfilms.com

    • KURTAG by Dénes Nagy, producer: EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin is in production.  Ninety-six years old in 2023, György Kurtag is one of today's best-known contemporary composers, the last major representative of the post-war avant-garde generation that included György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The film follows the acclaimed Hungarian composer György Kurtág throughout Europe. Although the physical limitations of his age are increasingly limiting the external framework of his daily life, his inner spiritual life remains extremely rich. “Kurtag is a film about a composer at the end of his life but still active, who lives his days in a wheelchair but also composes, plays piano and teaches; he is constantly present, inspired, living in and by music. The film is about his life's work and his life's journey, his thoughts and his thinking, but more importantly about the mysterious and complex relationship between life and the works he creates”, Dénes Nagy said. Principal photography started in Budapest, Paris, Vienna, London, Lugoj/Baile Herculane (Romania) in 2022, and continued in Reykjavik, Vienna and Budapest in 2023. Filming is still planned in Cornwall, Basel and Budapest. Julianna Ugrin is producing through Hungary’s Éclipse Film. The project received support from the National Film Institute – Hungary.

    www.eclipsefilm.hu

    • HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute is in production. The film tells a story of the employees of Lithuanian television during the Soviet takeover in 1991. Three TV journalists Daiva, Sigis and Mykolas, announce a hunger strike in front of the television building, aiming to recover the premises from the Soviet soldiers who occupy them. The hunger strike is getting huge public and media support, but inexperienced hunger strikers face other unforeseen challenges. HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST is produced by Marija Razgute through M-films in co-production with Czech Background Films and Latvia’s Tasse Film, with support from the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Czech Film Fund and Eurimages. MEDIA Creative Europe supported the development of the project. The film is shot mainly in Vilnius and Kaunas until May 2023 during 25 shooting days. 

    www.m-films.lt

     

     

    In post-production

    • EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo (also National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina), Adis Dapo and Sinisa Juricic is in post-production. EXCURSION tells a story of a teenager Iman, who catches the eye of an older boy while her class is preparing for the excursion to celebrate the end of primary school. Rumour about her being pregnant puts the whole excursion in jeopardy, and Iman finds herself in the storm of expectations, limitations and rules that life of a teenager in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings with it. The film is a co-production between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Norway and France and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Canton Sarajevo, Film Fund Sarajevo, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Sorfond, Film Center Serbia, Hubert Bals Fund and Eurimages.

    www.pro.ba

    • APOCALYPSE CLOWN by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe is in post-production. Described by the creative team as “a chaotic road trip of self-discovery”, Apocalypse Clown begins with the sudden death of international clown master Jean DuCoque, an event that brings together the film's motley trio: Bobo, a hobo clown who has hit rock bottom; Pepe, a talentless mime; and Funzo, an inadvertently terrifying “street clown”. After a mass brawl at the funeral, involving some vengeful human statues, earns them a night in jail, the group emerges to find a country suddenly plunged into anarchy overnight by a major solar flare. No power. No internet. No one is safe. Lugging around DuCoque's stiffening corpse, this band of unlikely heroes escape with The Great Alphonso, a pompous ex-TV celebrity, and Jenny Malone, a clickbait reporter with a head full of ambition, conspiracy theories and “mammy issues”. They venture cross-country in Bobo's jalopy in search of answers. After taking refuge from the pursuing human statues with revellers from a now-abandoned boutique micro-festival, Alphonso spots his chance to resurrect his career and reclaim the fame he so desperately craves. Ditching the others, Alphonso dupes Jenny into helping him steal an analogue TV transmitter. By the time Bobo, Pepe and Funzo track them down, Alphonso has amassed an army of feral children and is broadcasting increasingly deranged clown shows from an abandoned big top. Desperate times call for desperate measures. In order to escape with their lives, Bobo, Pepe and Funzo are forced to put their differences aside and put on a clown show capable of earning the approval of the toughest audience of their careers... It's time for Bobo's nigh-impossible routine: “The Jugglenaut”. They've all died on stage before – but this time it could actually be fatal. Producer EAVE graduate Morgan Bushe added: “George, the writers and our amazing cast have really created something completely unique with this film. Like Beckett with added Stiller, there's certainly never been an Irish film like it, and I think audiences are going to really love journeying with our unhinged, dysfunctional troupe of clowns on their quest to save the world, and their careers in the process. Buckle up for a roller-coaster ride of comedy chaos.” APOCALYPSE CLOWN is being produced by Fastnet Films (Ireland), Namesake Films (UK) and uMedia (Belgium). The project's funders include Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, RTÉ, Vertigo Releasing, the Irish Tax Credit, the Belgian Tax Shelter and BCP Asset Management.

    www.fastnetfilms.com

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    MEN OF DEEDS wins big at the Gopo Awards

     Canneseries

    • EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE! by Vincent Coen and Guillaume Vandenberghe, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo, Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Heino Deckert won Best Documentary Series at the 6th edition of Canneseries, the Cannes International Series Festival.  

    www.clindoeilfilms.be

     

     Austrian Diagonale

    4 awards for EAVE graduates at the Austrian Diagonale:

    • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won Best Cinematography Feature Film (Judith Kaufmann), Best Production Design (Martin Reiter) 
    • EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber won Best Acting (Gerhard Liebmann)
    • ROTZBUB by Marcus H. Rosenmüller und Santiago López Jover, producers: EAVE graduate Josef Aichholzer received the VAM Prize for Outstanding Production Services

    www.diagonale.at/en

     

     Slovak Film and Television Academy’s Sun in a Net

    • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev won Best Film at the Slovak Film and Television Academy’s Sun in a Net awards ceremony.

    http://www.slnkovsieti.sk

     

     ZagrebDox

    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won the Regional Competition of the ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival. 
    • ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck received a Special Mention in the International Competition.

    http://zagrebdox.net/en

     

      One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won Best Film in the International Competition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
    • THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST by Matt Sarnecki, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen won the Audience Award.

    www.oneworld.cz

     

     Malaga Film Festival

    3 awards for EAVE graduates at the Malaga Film Festival:

    • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre won Best Film and Best Best Supporting Actress
    • MATRIA by Álvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora won Best Actress

    https://festivaldemalaga.com

     

     Romanian Gopo Awards

    • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci was the grand winner at the 17th edition of The Gopo Awards.  It took home six awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Lead Performance, Best Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
    • MAN AND DOG by Stefan Constantinescu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese received Best Supporting Actress
    • THE ISLAND directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian received Best Score
    • IMMACULATE by Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark, producer: EAVE graduate Marcin Lazar received Best First Feature Film
    • OCCASIONAL SPIES by Oana Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu received Best Documentary.

    https://premiilegopo.ro/

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    EAVE project THE BARBARIANS in Spanish cinemas

     In French cinemas

    • BRIGHTON 4TH by Levan Koguashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova. April 12.

    http://tatofilm.com

    • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper. April 26.

    www.circe.nl

    • CHIEN DE LA CASSE (JUNKYARD DOGS) by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand. April 19.

    https://insolenceproductions.com

     

      In Belgian cinemas

    • TCHAIKOWSKI’S WIFE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Yohann Comte. April 5.

    www.charades.eu

     

     

     In UK cinemas

    • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. April 7.

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker. April 8.

    www.tamtamfilm.com

    • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit. April 28.

    http://helicotronc.com

     

     

     In Dutch cinemas

    • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi. April 27.

    www.atmo.se

    • RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. April 13.

    www.frakas.be

     

     

     In Swiss cinemas

    • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi. April 6.

    www.atmo.se

    • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper. April 12.

    www.circe.nl

     

     

     In German cinemas

    • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi. April 5.

    www.atmo.se

    • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev. April 6.

    www.nutprodukce.cz

    • THE FOX by Adrian Goiginger, producer: EAVE graduate Erich Lackner. April 13.

    www.lotus-film.com

    • IRGENDWANN WERDEN WIR UNS ALLES ERZÄHLEN by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter. April 13.

    www.rohfilm.de

    • APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE graduate Antoine Simkine. April 13.

    www.lavafilms.pl

     

     

     In Danish cinemas

    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel. April 27.

    www.topkapifilms.nl

     

     

     In Finnish cinemas

    • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. April 21. 

    www.samsa.lu

     

     

     In Lithuanian cinemas

    • ERIK STONEHEART by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Aleksi Bardy, Paul Thiltges, Roberts Vinovskis. April 21. 

    www.amrion.ee

     

     

     In Spanish cinemas

    • EAVE project THE BARBARIANS by Andrew Sala, producers: EAVE graduates Federico Sande Novo, Claire Lajoumard. March 17.

    http://www.acrobatesfilms.fr

    • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. April 21. 

    www.iniciafilms.com

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    EAVE project CINÉ-GUERILLAS: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS in festivals around the world

      Kaboom Animation Festival (March 24 - April 2)

    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries
    • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
    • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES co-written, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armine Anda

    https://www.kaboomfestival.nl/

     

      Go Short (March 31 - April 10)

    • THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES co-written, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armine Anda

    https://www.kaboomfestival.nl/

     

     

      Cleveland International Film Festival (April 3 – 13)

    • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
    • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
    • LA MATERNAL by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland

    www.clevelandfilm.org

     

      One World International Documentary Film Festival in Brussels (April 3 – 17)

    • AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • A SILENT STORY by Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
    • BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist, producer: EAVE+ graduate Eric Ruel
    • BREAKING SOCIAL by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangård
    • THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST by Matt Sarnecki, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
    • THE NEW GREATNESS CASE by Anna Shishova, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic

    http://www.oneworld.cz/2023/

     

      Reims Polar (April 4 – 9)

    • BRIGHTON 4TH by Levan Koguashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova
    • INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas, executive producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis

    https://reimspolar.com

     

      Bolzano Filmfestival, Bozen (April 5 – 10)

    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
    • STAMS by Bernhard Braunstein, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
    • THE HAMLET SYNDROME by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska 

    http://filmfestival.bz.it

     

     Istanbul Film Festival (April 7 - 18)

    • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
    • EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
    • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
    • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
    • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
    • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
    • PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
    • RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
    • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic
    • SILENCE 6-9 by Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • THE PLOUGH (LE GRAND CHARIOT) by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
    • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
    • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
    • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
    • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

    Meetings on the Bridge:

    Film Development Workshop

    • AS IF TO REMEMBER by Barış Fert, producer: EAVE participant Ipek Erden
    • NEVER AGAIN by Serhat Karaaslan, producer: EAVE graduate Nesra Gürbüz
    • THE GOAT SAYS HI! by Mustafa Nuri, producer: EAVE graduate Sezgi Üstün San

    German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund

    • PASTORAL PATHWAYS by Ahmet Necdet Cupur, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Enis Köstepen

    Trailer Workshop

    • EAVE project SIREN'S CALL by Ramin Matin, producer: EAVE graduate Emine Yıldırım

    http://film.iksv.org

     

      San Francisco International Film Festival (April 13 – 23)

    • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
    • EAVE project SNOW AND THE BEAR by Selcen Ergun, producer developing at EAVE: Zeki Peynirci
    • EAVE project VICENTA B by Carlos Lechuga, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Calvino,  Dag Hoel
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
    • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

    https://sffilm.org

     

      Las Palmas International Film Festival (April 14 –23)

    • COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
    • SILENT WITNESSES by Jeronimo Atehortua Arteaga, Luis Ospina, producer: PUENTES graduate Eva Chillon
    • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
    • TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME by Jow Zhi Wei, producer: TTB group leader Fran Borgia and TTB graduate Jeremy Chua

    www.lpafilmfestival.com

     

      Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente BAFICI (April 19 – May 1)

    • LE PARFUM VERT by Nicolas Pariser, co-producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
    • THE NEW GREATNESS CASE by Anna Shishova, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
    • UPON ENTRY by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez, producer: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras
    • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

    https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2023/04/19/15548-toda-la-programacion-del-bafici-2023

     

      Cyprus Film Days (April 21 – 29)

    • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producers: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
    • SILENCE 6-9 by Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki 
    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert

    www.cyprusfilmdays.com

     

      Visions du Réel, Nyon (April 21 – 30)

    • ALLO LA FRANCE by Floriane Devigne, producer: EAVE + graduate Britta Rindelaub
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • BEHIND THE LINES by Alaa Amer & Alisar Hasan, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo, Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, Heino Deckert
    • EAVE project CINÉ-GUERILLAS: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
    • EAVE project DISTURBED EARTH directed by EAVE graduate Guillermo Carreras-Candi
    • EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE! by Vincent Coen and Guillaume Vandenberghe, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo, Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Heino Deckert
    • CORPO CELESTE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
    • HAWAR, OUR BANISHED CITY by Pascale Bourgaux, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
    • IN UKRAINE Piotr Pawlus & Tomasz Wolski, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
    • LA RICERCA by Giuseppe Petruzzellis, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Carroli
    • LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
    • LE MERAVIGLIE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
    • LE PUPILLE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
    • LOVE IS NOT AN ORANGE by Otilia Babara, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
    • MATCHAT by Sonia Ben Slama, producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade
    • PIANOFORTE by Jakub Piatek, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
    • PLANET B Pieter Van Eecke, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
    • PURE UNKNOWN by Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
    • TERMINAL NORTE by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
    • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
    • THE WONDER WAY by Emmanuelle Antille, producer: EAVE participant Katia Monla
    • ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit

    Selected for the VdR-Industry section of the Visions du Réel festival:

    • MEMORIES OF AN OBLIVION by Carmen Castillo, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
    • SIMON THE ABSURD by Felipe Monroy, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier

    www.visionsdureel.ch

     

     Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival (April 25 - 30)

    • OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer

    https://barnefilmfestivalen.no/

     

      goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden (April 26 – May 5)

    • CINEMA ALMANAC. SIX SHORT FILMS BY RADU JUDE by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
    • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
    • GOLIATH by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd
    • JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
    • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
    • THE HAMLET SYNDROME by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska 
    • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
    • THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
    • WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE + graduate Danijel Hocevar
    • WHOSE DOG AM I? by Róbert Lakatos, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon

    www.filmfestival-goeast.de

     

      Crossing Europe, Linz (April 26 – May 1)

    • 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE by Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
    • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • A BLAST by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
    • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
    • EAVE project CINÉ-GUERILLAS: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
    • DANIEL RICHTER by EAVE graduate Pepe Danquart
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
    • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
    • FRANKY FIVE STAR by Birgit Möller, producers: EAVE graduates Jamila Wenske, Jussi Rantamäki
    • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
    • LAURA by Lovisa Sirén, producers: EAVE graduates Julia Gebauer, Elli Toivoniemi
    • MY EMPTINESS AND I by Adrián Silvestre, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
    • MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold, Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar
    • RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
    • SILENCE 6-9 by Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
    • THE 9TH STEP by Irma Puzauskaite, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
    • WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi

    www.crossingeurope.at

     

      Hot Docs Festival (April 27 – May 7)

    • 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION by Lina, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
    • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger
    • A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO by Everardo González, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
    • BLIX NOT BOMBS by Greta Stocklassa, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
    • CALLS FROM MOSCOW by Luis Alejandro Yero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir
    • GOODBYE WORDS by Laura Rantanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jenni Jauri
    • INNOCENCE by Guy Davidi, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
    • JACKIE THE WOLF by Tuki Jencquel, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
    • THE CASTLE by Martín Benchimol , producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
    • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
    • THE ETERNAL MEMORY written and directed by EAVE graduate Maite Alberdi
    • THE LEGACY by Rodrigo Demirjian, producer: EAVE MW graduate Carolina Alvarez
    • EAVE project NON ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
    • POISON(S) by Jennifer Deschamps, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
    • POLARIS by Ainara Vera, producers: EAVE graduates Clara Vuillermoz, Emile Hertling Péronard
    • PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON by Tonje Hessen Schei, co-producers: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho, EAVE participant Lisa Nyed
    • PURE UNKNOWN by Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
    • REJEITO by Pedro de Filippis, producer: PUENTES graduate Leonardo Mecchi
    • SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN by Steffi Niederzoll, producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach
    • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
    • THEATRE OF VIOLENCE by Lukasz Konopa, Emil Langballe, producer: EAVE graduate Heidi Kim Andersen
    • TWICE COLONIZED by Lin Alluna, producer: EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
    • THE YELLOW CEILING by Isabel Coixet, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra

    www.hotdocs.ca

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    MEET EAVE IN MAY!

    @ Cannes Film Festival, May 19 - 23, Cannes (FR)

    EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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    EAVE WILL DELIVER MASTERCLASSES TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN FILM AND TV CREATORS, AS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UKRAINIAN FILM ACADEMY, HOUSE OF EUROPE AND NETFLIX

    Last year, the Ukrainian Film Academy and House of Europe, a programme funded by the European Union, partnered with Netflix to help Ukrainian professionals in the film and TV industry impacted by the full-scale Russian invasion. In 2023 this partnership, supported by Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity, continues with two new partners - the European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and the New York Film Academy - providing additional access to knowledge and training to hundreds of professionals in various industry roles.

    As part of this partnership, applications are now open for a series of digital masterclasses for producers and line producers prepared by EAVE’s network of international experts, providing a comprehensive understanding of all stages of a project life-span from a co-production point of view, tailor made to the Ukrainian AV industry. Eligible Ukrainian creators can apply through the House of Europe website until May 12.

    EAVE will also engage with a cohort of professionals who received script development grants  last year. They will continue to receive support through a group session to discuss the shape of the industry landscape plus 1:1 script doctoring and project development sessions covering financing, co-producing, marketing, distribution and festival strategies, delivered by EAVE.

    The 2022 programmes supported 100 creative professionals with stipends, over 400 received access to digital education, as well as 48 two-person creative teams who received script development grants and online sessions with international industry experts. Out of those projects, 9 have already found foreign partners and co-producers, 4 have found international donor funding. More have been selected for presentations at various film festivals across the world, including Berlinale, Göteborg Film Festival and WATCH DOCS International Film Festival. Among last year's supported participants, EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov from Toy Cinema (Ukraine) has recently won "Best Project Award” at the Series Mania co-pitching session with the project UNSPOKEN, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anna Rozalska from Match&Spark (Poland).

    “Thanks to the script development grant from the Ukrainian Film Academy, in partnership with Netflix, we now have the script of the first 3 episodes and the Bible. And of course the series deck. It was an honor for us to present the first Ukrainian high-concept series in co-production with Poland at the highest-profile TV industry event in Europe" - said Dmytro.

    ABOUT EAVE

    EAVE, is one of the leading producers’ training programmes in Europe with a unique global network of over 2600 producers to date. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers in Europe, Latin America, the Arab world, Asia and Africa. Founded in 1988, our objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.

    ABOUT UKRAINIAN FILM ACADEMY

    Ukrainian Film Academy is a Ukrainian association of experts and professionals in the field of cinema and film production. It was founded in 2016 to support and develop modern Ukrainian cinema. As of 2022, the Ukrainian Film Academy includes more than 500 film professionals. Since 2017, the Ukrainian Film Academy has been holding the prestigious annual event Golden Dzyga Film Awards”, a Ukrainian national film award given for professional achievements in the development of Ukrainian cinema. The main symbol of the National Film Award is the “Golden Dzyga” statuette, which symbolizes the rapid and relentless development of Ukrainian cinema.

    ABOUT HOUSE OF EUROPE

    House of Europe is an EU-funded programme fostering professional and creative exchange between Ukrainians and their colleagues in EU countries and the United Kingdom. The programme focuses on different professional fields: culture and creative industries, education and youth, social entrepreneurship, and media. This encompasses 20+ separate programme lines enabling people to go for conferences, professional events, internships, and networking in the EU, or to enroll in study tours, residencies, trainings, and other forms of support. House of Europe funds cultural coproductions and cooperations between Ukrainian and EU organizations and the development of cultural infrastructure in Ukraine. Following Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine, the House of Europe put together a war response worth EUR 1.5 mln, including for the safeguarding of cultural heritage. Implementation of the House of Europe programme is led by Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

    ABOUT NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY

    New York Film Academy (“NYFA”) is a leading film, media, and performing arts college that offers hands-on intensive undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and workshops across a multitude of areas of study in New York City, Los Angeles, South Beach/Miami, Gold Coast (Australia), Florence (Italy), and more. Its programs are accelerated and NYFA students can complete a four-year BFA degree in three years. Online program offerings are available and continue to expand with more programs being offered now more than ever. For more information, please visit nyfa.edu.

    ABOUT NETFLIX

    Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with 231 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.

     

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    LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA 2023 invites EAVE Producers to meet the projects

    Dear EAVE graduates,

    EAVE is delighted to continue the successful partnership with La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français in Cannes.

    La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut français is a program designed to identify and promote filmmakers and producers from developing countries. The program offers a tailor-made support to accompany debut or second film projects, along with a number of professional partners.

    The Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha is the patron of the 2023 edition.

    EAVE organizes a special networking event at La Fabrique during Cannes Film Festival, which consists of one-on-one meetings with the projects selected for La Fabrique. 

    EAVE producers will be invited to meet the international delegation of project representatives from emerging countries outside Europe.

    The one-to-one meetings will be organized on the following slots at Cinémas du Monde pavilion (n°107)

    • Monday May 22nd : 10am-1pm / 2pm-3:30pm
    • Tuesday May 23rd: 10am-1pm / 2pm-5:30pm
    • Wednesday May 24th: 10am-1pm

    The ten projects selected are:

    NIGERIA – Galatians by Michael Omonua, produced by Abba T. Makama (Polka Dot Films) / 2nd feature film

    SENEGAL – Fagadaga by Yoro Mbaye, produced by Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kebe (Astou Productions) / 1st feature film

    TUNISIA – Leïla’s Trial by Charlie Kouka, produced by Cyrine Sellami (Nomadis Images), co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf  / 1st feature film

    LEBANON – EAVE project Pigeon Wars by Dania Bdeir, produced by Interchange graduate Pierre Sarraf (Né à Beyrouth Films), EAVE graduate Sahar Yousefi / 1st feature film

    EGYPT – Moonblind by Nada Riyadh, produced by EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir (Felucca Films) / 2nd feature film

    ARGENTINA – The Days Off by Lucila Mariani, produced by Paula Zyngierman (MaravillaCine) / 1st feature film

    CHILE – Erratics by Thomas Woodroffe, produced by Rodrigo Díaz (Fiebre) / 1st feature film

    COSTA RICA – Awaiting Birds by Sofía Quirós Ubeda, produced by PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo Quesada (Sputnik Films) / 2nd feature film

    INDIA – The Sacrifice by Ridham Janve, produced by Kartikeya Naravan Singh (The Film Cafe) / 2nd feature film

    PHILIPPINES – Ria by Arvin Belarmino, produced by Kristine De Leon (MUD Studios), co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang, TTB graduate Isabelle Glachant / 1st feature film

    The project descriptions are available here: https://www.lescinemasdumonde.com/en/la-fabrique/2023/projet

    You can contact Thibaut Bracq at La Fabrique Cinéma to have more information about the projects and to organize the one-to-one meetings. If you know which projects you would like to meet, you can contact him directly with your list of wishes and with your available slots:  thibautbracq@hotmail.com

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    MEET THE FILM COMMISSIONS: YOUR BEST CONNECTION IN LOCAL TERRITORIES

    Meet the Film Commissions from all of Europe, in a selected session tailoring for your needs in producing and co-producing in Europe.

    In a session created by the European Film Commissioners Network (EUFCN), the members of EAVE Network will have the chance to present their projects and needs to European film commissioners in order to facilitate and guide them to local regions and co-producing opportunities throughout Europe.

    In a curated session, the producers will get access to EUFCN’s members covering all regions of Europe.

    Each producer will have the chance to participate in sessions of round tables (20’ each) with representatives from relevant film commissions in the territories they’re interested in.

    EUFCN gathers 91 European film commissions/film offices that provide a range of information and services to film professionals: financing advise, incentives, co- producers, access to local network, local policy and crew connections.

    We will be happy to arrange the meetings according to the needs of the producers involved in the event, in order to grant the most effective connections. To this effect, we kindly request you to fill in the following google form: https://forms.gle/PeJdCM4D8jWHQ6nj9 by May 5.

    Event Details

    • Name of the event: EUFCN MEET WITH THE PRODUCERS
    • Date: Tuesday, 23rd May
    • Starting time: 10.00AM to 11.30AM, we kindly ask you to meet at 9.45 at the venue Venue: TBC, Cannes in the Marchè du Film
    • Contact person: Angelica Cantisani +39 345 8078046

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    EUROPE-ASIA CO-PRODUCTIONS TAKE CENTER STAGE: THE MARCHÉ DU FILM LAUNCHES ALL-NEW “SPOTLIGHT ASIA” PROGRAM

    The Marché du Film, in partnership with Ties That Bind (organised by Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, EAVE, Far East Film Festival, TAICCA) and Focus Asia, is launching a new international initiative in Cannes titled Spotlight Asia. The program aims to foster more film collaborations between Asia and Europe and will welcome professionals from both continents looking to build and boost their industry networks and creative connections.

    The first-ever dynamic program will feature several roundtable discussions, short presentations and networking events throughout the 2023 Marché du Film, taking place in Cannes from 16-24 May.

    The collaborative events will zoom in on everything potential co-producers from Europe and Asia need to know to navigate the different levels of working together across all formats, from fiction to animation.

    This is especially important given that since the pandemic, film professionals from Asian countries are returning – and in big numbers – to the Marché du Film. The number of participants from Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia has already doubled and there are five times more registered participants from Taiwan.

    Celebrating this triumphant return in Cannes, the Marché du Film hopes that this new Spotlight Asia program will provide the needed solutions to make the co-production process between Asia and Europe as seamless as possible, from introducing existing funding opportunities to helping navigate each country’s specific laws and production functionalities. It will also be the first time that the Marché du Film welcomes international film fund representatives to gather in the same room and guide producers through their different funding systems.

    “We strongly believe the launch of this program is both timely and crucial to foster future co-productions between Asia and Europe and we are so happy to launch it in collaboration with our partners from Ties That Bind. We are delighted to receive such support and enthusiasm for this initiative from these international film funds who are so instrumental in the co-production process between these two thriving continents.” – Guillaume Esmiol, Executive Director of the Marché du Film

    “We are thrilled to launch in partnership with Marché du Film the first edition of Spotlight Asia. Spotlight Asia highlights the creative and business possibilities between Asia & Europe and reflects the newly extended scope of Ties That Bind as a unique 360° Europe-Asia hub for professionals across the value chain.” – Kristina Trapp, CEO of EAVE

    Spotlight Asia is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI), the Canada Media Fund, the Center Val de Loire Ciclic, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Finas, the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) / Spain AVS Bureau (ICEX), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI), the Polish Film Institute, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and VIPO | Visual Industry Promotion Organization.

    The 2023 Spotlight Asia program will include the following events and will be open to those with a Marché du Film badge or per pre-registration:

     

    SATURDAY 20 MAY

    Post-Pandemic Shifts & Changes in Audiences and Industry Dynamics in Key Asian Markets

    Panel | 11:30-12:30, Palais Stage

    A practical overview of current trends and new patterns observed in key Asian theatrical and secondary markets in discussion with European sales agents working and curating VOD platforms.

    Roadmap to Asia-Europe Funding Landscape

    Networking Event for Producers & Funds | 14:00-16:00, Producers Club

    A brief introduction to international, national and regional funds that support Asian-European co-productions, followed by a series of roundtable discussions with 130 attending producers and fund representatives from both continents.

    Spotlight Asia Happy Hour

    Networking Cocktail | 17:00-19:00, Producers Club

    Sponsored by Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA).

     

    SUNDAY 21 MAY

    Colorful Collaborations: Sketching New Exciting Possibilities for European-Asian Animation

    Panel | 15:00-16:00, Main Stage

    This panel discussion will zoom in on the untapped potential of Asian countries offering co-financing opportunities for European animated films and how to act on it to bring the best of both worlds together for amazing Asian-European animation projects moving forward.

     

    About Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes

    The Marché du Film, the business wing of the Festival de Cannes, is the largest international gathering of professionals in the film industry. As the key stepping stone in the creation, production and distribution of films around the world, the Marché is proud to bring together over 12,500 industry professionals (including producers, distributors, festival representatives, film institutions, buyers and financiers) from over 120 countries to meet, share ideas & projects, and make deals in one unique setting.

    Website: www.marchedufilm.com

    About Ties That Bind & Focus Asia

    Ties That Bind is the Europe-Asia Hub for all film professionals who wish to develop long-lasting industry connections between Europe and Asia. Run by the FVG Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Far East Film Festival and TAICCA, TTB includes a Co-Production Workshop as well as the new Distribution, Sales & Animation Labs. Focus Asia is a unique market bringing together 200 professionals & key players from Asia and Europe.

    Website: www.tiesthatbind.eu

     

     

     

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    TIES THAT BIND celebrates the success of TIGER STRIPES and its second workshop in Udine!

    We are delighted to announce the world premiere of TTB film TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu in Cannes Critics’ Week!

    The film was developed at TTB in 2019 and is produced by TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling (Ghost Grrrl Pictures, MY) in co-production with the TTB graduates Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE), Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia, SG), Yulia Evina Bhara (Kawankawan Media, ID), TTB expert Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith (PRPL, NL) and Still Moving (FR).

    "Tiger Stripes is the 1st Malaysian film to make it into Cannes Critics’ Week — this is a momentous occasion and a dream come true for our team. Because of co-production, we made it this far and TTB has played an essential role in the development where I have found my lifelong mentors, collaborators and friends."

    Foo Fei Ling

    The second workshop of the 14th edition of TIES THAT BIND will take place between April 24 – 28, 2023, in Udine, in parallel to FOCUS ASIA, the Industry section of the Udine Far East Film Festival.

    The rich programme of the plenary sessions for the TTB workshop is prepared in collaboration with FOCUS ASIA. It will feature three co-production case studies, moderated by TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher:

    • TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena and Bradley Liew (Epicmedia Productions, PH), Junxiang Huang (Zhao Wei Films, SG) and Stefano Centini (Volos Films, TW) produced IN MY MOTHER'S SKIN by Kenneth Dagatan, which premiered in Midnight Section at Sundance 2023 as the only non-English-language film and was sold to Amazon.  
    • TTB graduates Jeremy Chua (Potocol, SG) and Bostjan Virc (Studio Virc, SI) will elaborate on producing debut feature LAST SHADOW AT FIRST LIGHT by Nicole Midori Woodford.
    • Emilie Georges (Paradise City Films, FR & Memento International, FR) will share her experiences on 4-country-co-production (FR-UK-GR-SG) DRIFT by Anthony Chen, shown in the Premieres Section at Sundance 2023. Sales are handled by Memento International.

    Furthermore, the TTB participants will have the opportunity to receive feedback on the distribution potential of their projects from top-notch European and Asian distributors such as Kana Koido (The Klockworks, JP), Vincent Quek (Anticipate Pictures, SG), Chris Yu (Green Narae Media, KR) and TTB graduates Stephan Holl (Rapid Eye Movies, DE) and Samantha Faccio (Tucker Film, IT), and Alexis Dantec (Les Films du Losange, FR).

    Sales agent Nicolas Brigaud-Robert (Playtime, FR) will elaborate on the current trends of the international market. Additional sessions will provide insight into working with private equity investors by Emilie Georges (Paradise City Films, FR & Memento International, FR) and Winnie Lau (SK Global Entertainment, US).

    Individual meetings with TTB experts will be organised on topics such as Asian films and festivals with Roger Garcia (HK) and sales strategies with Yasmine Talli (mk2 films, FR). TTB’s script consultant Clare Downs (UK) will focus on developing their scripts and TTB’s pitching consultant Sibylle Kurz (DE) will work on their presentation and communication skills.

    The participants will also have individual meetings with key industry professionals at Focus Asia to foster new collaborations between European and Asian professionals.

    In the 14 years of its existence, TTB has become the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production, in partnership with EAVE, Europe's leading training provider for producers.

    To name just some of the success stories from the last few years, TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu (Cannes Critics’ Week 2023), MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihăilescu (Berlinale Forum 2023), LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Escobar (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit at Sundance 2022), AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak (FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at Venice Horizons 2022), TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan (Venice Horizons 2022), ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan (Filmmakers of the Present Locarno 2022), MONEYBOYS by C.B. Yi (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2021), HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos (Special Mention Award in Locarno 2021), WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Youth Jury Award in Locarno 2021), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini (Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at Berlinale 2018), A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016).

    TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.

    The selected participants are:

      Kristina Aschenbrennerova, International Film Festival Rotterdam & Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia

      Ivry Braun, Yilisoo Films, France/China

    Project: SPIN by Baer Xiao

      Ieva Cern, Film Jam, Lithuania

    Project: CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevicius

      António Ferreira, Persona Non Grata Pictures, Portugal

    Project: LAND OF HURRICANES by António Ferreira

      Josune Hahnheiser, Black Forest Films, Germany/Singapore

      Pedro Hernández Santos, Aquí Y Allí Films, Spain

    Project: THE HIDDEN SOUND OF THINGS by Pedro Collantes

      Chris Huang, Roji Film, Japan

    Project: OMIONNA by Koji Shiraishi

      Celine Kao, Ksana Films, Taiwan

      Charlotte Lelong, Trance Films, France

    Project: SHE MAKES AND UNMAKES by Jonas Bak

      Wilfredo Manalang, Fusee, Philippines

    Project: VIOLET FLOWER by Jerome Zamora

      Tommaso Muffato, BBC Studios, Italy/UK

      Giancarlo Nasi, Quijote Films, Italy/Chile

    Project: CELESTIAL TWINS by Niles Athala

      Xuan Trang Nguyen Thi, Lagi Production, Vietnam

    Project: CHA CHA CHA by Do Quoc Trung

      Ivy Shen, Betula Films, Taiwan

    Project: THE LAST CHILDREN OF TOKYO by Edmund Yeo

      Jeske Van der Slikke, Hubert Bals Fund | International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

      Aleksandra Zakharchenko, Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, Ukraine/France

     

    For more information please contact:

    EAVE Project Manager - Tanika Sajatovic: tanika@eave.org

    www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

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    Running sustainable film companies in challenging times: EAVE+ in Luxembourg!

    The 13th edition of EAVE+ takes place from March 31 – April 5, 2023 at Hotel Mama Shelter in Luxembourg. The workshop will gather 14 experienced producers from 7 countries and 7 seasoned industry professionals to discuss the structure of their companies, best management practices and new business models. 

    Thanks to a new partnership with Canada Media Fund, Tanya Brunel and Jeremy Torrie (White Bear Films, Canada) have been selected to participate with a special scholarship for companies owned by persons from Racialized or Indigenous communities.

    In the framework of our ongoing partnership with CineLink, Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos (plays2place productions, Greece) and Oana Maria Giurgiu (Libra Film Productions, Romania) have been selected from two previous editions of CineLink to participate with a dedicated scholarship.

    The scholarship provided by our partner organisation SODEC has made it possible for Jeanne-Marie Poulain (art et essai, Canada) to join the workshop.

    See complete list of participants below.

    In tailor-made session according to the participants’ needs and profiles, EAVE+ will tackle the most pressing issues for producers who want to run a sustainable company: Transformational processes in film companies, diversification, new business models and company constellations, which we will explore via a series of inspiring company case studies by Frederic Fiore (Logical Pictures, FR), Petri Kemppinen (Aurora Studios, FI) and Miira Paasilinna (Anagram Sweden, SE).

    The workshop will tackle the business requirements of running a sustainable film company and also address the challenges related to working with streamers, mergers and acquisitions, dealing with banks and working with equity.

    Marc Bordure (FR), General and Financial CFO of the French production company AGAT FILMS & Cie / Ex Nihilo, will explore questions related to company finance. Sophie Erbs (Gaïjin, FR) will analyse together with the participants their company business plans and strategies.

    Management coach Michael Comyn (Fearless Organization, IE) will work with the producers in individual meetings on leadership and management skills.

    EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU), will lead group discussions analysing in depth the individual company cases of the selected participants.

    Additionally, participants will be able to go into more detail into the topics which are most urgent and most important to them and to their particular companies, during one-to-one meetings with the EAVE+ pedagogical team and with each other.

    “EAVE + was a very interesting and fun experience to have. We could brainstorm and think "out of the box" with a great team of producers and experts and come back to the office with very specific plans to "rebuild" Fasten Films. Do not miss it.”

    Adria Mones, Fasten Films, Spain, EAVE+ 2022

    EAVE+ takes place once a year in Luxembourg with different experts and curates the most urgent, contemporary topics for each session according to industry needs.

    EAVE+ is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Film Fund Luxembourg.

    More information on: https://eave.org/programmes/eave-13th-edition

     

    EAVE+ 2023 PARTICIPANTS

    • art et essai: Jeanne-Marie Poulain (CA)
    • Filmiki Athens: Nicolas Alavanos & Pathy Katsoufi (GR)
    • Libra Film Productions: Oana Maria Giurgiu (RO)
    • Maria Farinha Filmes: Luana Lobo & Mariana Oliva (BR)
    • Pecado Films: Jose Alba & Odile Antonio-Baez (ES)
    • plays2place productions: Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos (GR)
    • Red Balloon Film: Dorothe Beinemeyer & Steffen Gerdes (DE)
    • Studio Virc: Bostjan Virc (SI)
    • White Bear Films: Tanya Brunel & Jeremy Torrie (CA)

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    LOST AND FOUND by Fabrizio Maltese is in development

    Finnish Film Foundation

    The Finnish Film Foundation gave out €6.3 million production in March.

    • 1 HOLY LAND by Göran Olsson, producer: EAVE graduate Marja Pihlaja
    • CYCHOSIS by Kari Vidø, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen
    • FAT DANCE by Kirsikka Saari, producer: EAVE+ graduate Marianne Mäkelä
    • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Lizette Jonjic, Verona Meier
    • NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, produced by EAVE+ graduate Ilkka Matila
    • THE ANDERSSON BROTHERS by Johanna Bernhardson, producers: EAVE graduates Annika Hellström, Kaarle Aho
    • THE GRUMP’S LOVE STORY by Mika Kaurismäki, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
    • UNELMA KOHTI by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll

    www.ses.fi

     

    Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Croatia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants of March 2023:

    • IN THE SHADOW OF HORNS by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
    • KISMET by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic

    https://havc.hr

     

    Romanian Film Centre

    The following grants were announced by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC) in March:

    • APARTAMENTUL 49 by Catalin Mitulescu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
    • TIMP INFINIT by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
    • MAGNUM OPUS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu
    • MONARH by Dan Radu Mihai, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu
    • ATLASUL UNIVERSULUI by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu
    • ARHIVA ARHIVELOR by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
    • MATRYOSHKA BY Maricarmen Merino Mora, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu
    • EXTRA MUROS by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
    • PASAGERUL CLANDESTIN by Liviu Tofan, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
    • SCURTE POVESTI DE DRAGOSTE by EAVE graduate Anca Damian
    • GROUND ZERO by Zhanna Ozirna, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu and Dmytro Shukanov

    http://www.cnc.gov.ro

     

    Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre

    In its final session of 2022, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre awarded aid to28 feature-length works. Among them:

    • LE SUCCESSEUR by Xavier Legrand, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Iffland Stettner
    • LE VENTRE IDÉAL by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens
    • NINO DANS LA NUIT by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • PLANÈTE B by Aude-Léa Rapin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • OUR WILDEST DAYS by Vasilis Kekatos, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
    • UN BON PÈRE by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

    https://audiovisuel.cfwb.be

     

    • YELLOW LETTERS by Ilker Catak, producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen is in pre-production. Scheduled to shoot in Hamburg and Berlin this coming autumn YELLOW LETTERS will be a tense drama focusing on a moral quandary, concerning an artist couple in Turkey who lose their jobs overnight due to arbitrary state action and start to live in exile. Together with their growing daughter, they fight for a life of dignity and for their ideals as artists and parents. Çatak wrote the screenplay alongside Ayda Çatak and Ennis Köstepen. Yellow Letters will continue the filmmaker’s collaboration with producer Ingo Fliess, of if… Productions, Part of  the co-production team are Paris-based Haut et Court, which is also distributing in France, alongside Alamode as the German co-producer and distributor. The Turkish producers are Nadir Öperli’s Liman Film, and Enis Köstepen and Mustafa Sönmez’s Tyger Film, both of which helped develop the project from the beginning. Further support in Germany comes from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM), the MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the German-Turkish Co-production Development Fund.

    www.limanfilm.com

    • LOST AND FOUND by Fabrizio Maltese, producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth and Cédric Bonin is in development. Fabrizio Maltese’s documentary highlights a blind spot of art history. In pop culture and art, the representation of the male body was turned upside down at the turn of the 1980s with the devastating onslaught of AIDS. Lost & Found looks for early evidence of how art, and contemporary dance in particular, responded to the trauma of the new disease.

    www.a-bahn.com

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    NORTHERN LIGHTS is in post-production

    In production

    • SAINT-EX by Pablo Agüero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin is in post-production. Written by the director, the story takes us back to 1930 and centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in search of him, against all odds. This impossible quest forces him to push beyond his limits, turning his capacity to dream into his greatest strength... SAINT-EX is produced by Julien Madon and Aimée Buidine on behalf of Cheyenne Fédération, in co-production with A Single Man Productions and Belgium’s Frakas Productions and RTBF. Also pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the film also enjoys support from the SOFICA company Sofitvcine. The ten-week shoot took place in France (Studios de Bry-sur-Marne, Corsica and a few days in the south of the country), Patagonia and New York

    www.frakas.be

    • LES TEMPÊTES by Dania Reymond-Boughenou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes is in production. Written by Dania Reymond-Boughenou herself, alongside Virginie Legeay and Vincent Poymiro, the story takes us to a forgotten town battered by strange storms of yellow dust. 45-year-old journalist Nacer is covering the phenomenon for his newspaper. He records the rise of similar supernatural events while his partner who’s back from exile, Fajar, moves in with him. His doctor nephew Yacine, meanwhile, starts hearing dead people. Faced with increasingly menacing storms, Nacer is forced to unpick the past that haunts him… LES TEMPÊTES is produced by Jérémy Forni on behalf of Chevaldeuxtrois and by Camille Chandellier for La Petite Prod, in co-production with Belgium’s Hélicotronc and associate co-producers Les Films de l'Autre Cougar and Algeria’s 2Horloges. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as backing from Eurimages, the Nouvelle Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions, the SOFICA company Cinémage, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre, Shelter Prod, the Doha Film Institute and Procirep-Angoa. The five-week film shoot unfolds in Casablanca and its surroundings.

    https://helicotronc.com

    • THE MOROMETE FAMILY 3 by Stere Gulea, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu and Tudor Giurgiu is shooting. The film is the third part of what started in 1987 as a one-time adaptation of the famous novel Moromeții by Marin Preda, directed by Stere Gulea, which was followed by a sequel in 2018. The third part will be shot this time on an original screenplay written by Stere Gulea. The film resumes the story of Niculae Moromete, who becomes an appreciated writer in the 50s, but has to choose between becoming a part of the Communist system or paying with his liberty for his ethics. The film is produced through Libra Film Productions and received a production grant from the Romanian Film Centre (CNC) in 2022. The shooting will continue till April and it will resume in November to wrap in December 2023. THE MOROMETE FAMILY 2 was the Romanian film with the most admissions in 2018. It was awarded nine trophies, including Best Feature Film, at the Gopo Awards 2019, and four awards, including the trophy for Best Film, at the 47th Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) gala. THE MOROMETE FAMILY (1987) is considered one of the best Romanian films of all time.

    www.librafilm.net

     

    In post-production

    • NORTHERN LIGHTS, written by Stephen Jones and directed by Tom Hall, Ruth Meehan and Anthony Schatteman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd is currently in post-production. The 6x52-minute series is based on a stage play of the same name written by Jones and directed by Karl Shiels. Shot in English in both Ireland and Belgium, NORTHERN LIGHTS tells the story of two grieving strangers, Lloyd and Áine, whose worlds collide when Lloyd notices Áine standing on Grattan bridge, completely soaked, for far longer than seems normal. Fearing the worst and based on a past experience, he decides to intervene. A series of revelations, confessions, secrets and lies follow as we delve into these extraordinary ordinary Dublin lives. As Lloyd and Áine's friendship develops, the story also deals with the stories of their respective partners, Denise and Seań. By following the journeys of these various relationships, we begin to understand what led our two protagonists to the place they are now (both physically and emotionally). Jumping back and forth in time between the present and the past, it soon becomes apparent that both characters are dealing with major grief and tragedy in their lives. NORTHERN LIGHTS is being produced by Ireland’s Deadpan Pictures and co-produced by Belgium’s Potemkino. It has received backing from Lionsgate, TG4, ZDFNeo, Streamz, Screen Ireland, Screen Flanders, Creative Europe - MEDIA, VAF Mediafonds, and the tax credits in both Ireland and Belgium.

    www.potemkino.com

    • ROME by Niclas Bendixen, co-producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli is in post-production. The film is a life-affirming romantic drama about Gerda and Kristoffer, who arrive in the Italian capital on an extended weekend trip to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Together, they relive the city where Gerda used to study art when she was young. But the trip doesn’t go quite as planned, as the couple meet Gerda’s charismatic art teacher and former flame Johannes. Kristoffer ends up on the sidelines, while Gerda chases her youth in the streets and alleys of Rome to confront the ghosts of the past. ROME is being produced by Andreas Hjortdal and Jesper Morthorst for Denmark’s Motor, in co-production with Italy’s Vivo Film and Sweden’s GimmeABreak, with co-financing from TV2 Denmark and SVT. It has also received backing from the Danish Film Institute, the Swedish Film Institute and Eurimages.

    https://vivofilm.it

    • LA ABADESA by Antonio Chavarrias, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint is in post-production. With this film, the director, producer and screenwriter explores the most human and personal side of a historical character, Emma, a young woman who decides to reclaim her power in order to confront a patriarchal and dominant world in a society that relegates women to a socially secondary role with no substance. It takes place in a dark and violent era, where a 17-year-old girl is appointed abbess and given the task of repopulating and Christianising territories on the border and at war with Islam. In the words of its director, the story “gives us more insight into an almost unknown era, very hard and full of contradictions, to focus on the confrontation of three different, complex and antagonistic female worlds, those of Emma, Eloísa and Clara, united only by their condition as women in a world that denies them any of their rights." LA ABADESA is a production from the Spanish companies Oberon Cinematográfica, Wanda Visión, the Belgium company Saga Films and Icono 2020 AIE, with the participation of RTVE and TV3.

    www.sagafilm.be

    • ONE-DIMENSIONAL MAN by Andres Puustusmaa, co-producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis is currently in post-production. The story: Raul's father Viktor, a Soviet-era Estonian militia officer, shaped his son with communist ideology. Raul was raised in a violent and pathological attitude of the despotic father, blindly driven by the ideology. Driven by his jealousy of his wife and her bohemian lifestyle, Viktor, being a high-ranking KGB officer, stated her as a predator against the Soviet nation, and one early morning she is taken by KGB agents to an unknown destination. The film is produced by Katerina Monastyrskaya through Estonian Leo Films and co-produced by Roberts Vinovskis through Latvian Studio Locomotive. The project received support from the Estonian Film Institute. The Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) are also supporting. The principal photography took place in October and November 2022. The film was entirely shot in Tallinn. 

    https://locomotive.lv

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    EAVE project HEARTBEAST wins 2 Jussi Awards

    CPH:DOX

    • MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson wins the main prize, the DOX:AWARD
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron wins the Politiken:DOX Award
    • EAVE project RED ZONE by Iryna Tilsyk, producer: EAVE participant Darya Bassel received a special €20,000 Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CPH:FORUM.
    • ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petre, produced by EAVE graduate Signe Skov Thomsen received the €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award for best CPH:Forum pitch

    https://cphdox.dk

     

    SXSW Film Festival

    • TOBACCO BARNS by Rocio Mesa, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo wins the Audience Award in the Visions section
    • IT TURNS BLUE by Shadi Karamroudi, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Mina Dreki wins the Short Film Grand Jury Award in the Narrative Short Competition

    www.sxsw.com

     

    Sofia International Film Festival

    • CLOVES AND CARNATIONS by Bekir Bülbül produced by EAVE graduate Halil Kardaş, coproduce by TTB graduate Bożena Bogdziewicz-Önkol wins a Special Jury Award
    • THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho wins a Special Mention and Best Bulgarian Feature Film
    • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper wins Best Balkan Film
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron wins Best Documentary
    • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotić, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic wins the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics

    Sofia Meetings

    • DISSONANCE by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova wins the EastWest Filmdistribution Award 
    • RESONANCE by Yordan Petkov, producer: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova wins the Gruvi Award

    https://siff.bg

     

    Finnish Jussi Awards

    • GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Leila Lyytikäinen, Elina Pohjola won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script and Best Editing
    • EAVE project HEARTBEAST by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Aubert wins Best Cinematography and Best Music
    • HIT BIG by J-P Valkeapää, co-producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä wins Best Supporting Role (Ilkka Heiskanen)
    • THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki wins Best Sound Design
    • HATCHING by Hanna Bergholm, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Possne wins Best Set Design, Best Make-up Design and the Nordisk Film Award
    • KARAOKE PARADISE by Einari Paakkanen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Marianne Mäkelä wins Best Documentary

    https://www.jussit.fi/

     

    Association of French Film Critics

    The Association of French Film Critics has crowned the best films of 2022:

    • PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker won the Prix Cinéma for Best French Film and the Film Singulier francophone for Best French language co-production.

    www.syndicatdelacritique.com

     

    Belgian Ensor Awards

    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart dominated at the Ensors, the Belgian Academy Awards. CLOSE won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Leading Actor, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, and the Audience Award.

    The awards ceremony took place on February 4.

    www.ensors.be

     

    Dublin International Film Festival

    • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev won Best Debut Feature at the Dublin International Film Festival.
    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart won Best Actor (Eden Dambrine)
    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert was awarded Best Editing.

    www.diff.ie

     

    Luxembourg City Film Festival

    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland won the Grand Prix of the Luxembourg City Film Festival.
    • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen received the School Jury Award and the Award of the Childrens’ Jury.

    www.luxfilmfest.lu

     

    Vilnius International Film Festival

    2 awards for EAVE graduates at the Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris:

    • CHERRIES by Vytautas Katkus, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute won Best Lithuanian Short Film
    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won the Audience Award

     

    https://kinopavasaris.lt/en

     

    Swiss Film Prize

    • A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher scooped Best Feature Film at the Swiss Film Prize 2023.
    • JE SUIS NOIRES by Juliana Fanjul, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier won Best Short Film

    www.swissfilms.ch

     

    FIFDH Geneva

    • AURORA’S SUNRISE by Inna Sahakyan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazkauskas won the Grand Prix de Genève for Best Documentary at the International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva.
    • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau won the Youth Jury Award
    • JE SUIS NOIRES by Juliana Fanjul, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier won Artopie Jury Award

    www.fifdh.org

     

    Mons International Film Festival

    • EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas won the Prix du Jury at the Mons International Film Festival
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland won the Prix D’Interprétation
    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won the Prix du Public de la Ville de Mons

    www.festival-de-mons.be

     

    Czech Lion Awards

    • SUSPICION by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova was awarded Best television drama series and Best Actress (Klara Meliskova) at the Czech Lions, the Czech Film and Television Academy Awards.

    www.filmovaakademie.cz/en

     

    Kirchliches Filmfestival Recklinghausen

    • EAVE project OUR RIVER... OUR SKY by Maysoon Pachachi, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna won the 2023 Ecumenical Film Award at a ceremony that was part of the Church Film Festival in Recklinghausen, Germany.

    https://twitter.com/talmuhanna?lang=de

     

    Febiofest Bratislava

    • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova was awarded Best Film in the Long Films section of the In the Heart of Europe Competition at the International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava

    https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en

     

    Latvian National Film Awards

    EAVE graduates win 5 awards at the Latvian national film awards Lielais Kristaps:

    • JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Costumes 
    • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis was awarded Best Director of an Animated Film and Best Production Design of an Animated Film.

    https://www.nkc.gov.lv/en

     

    Series Mania

    • THE FORTRESS by Cecilie Mosli and Mikkel Sandemose, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas receive Best Screenplay award in International Competition
    • INNERMOST by Yaron Shani, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev receives Best Actor award in International Panorama

    Series Mania Forum

    • UNSPOKEN by Zhanna Ozirna and Filip Syczyński, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Shukanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna Rozalska received an award of 50.000 Euros at Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions

    The following projects receive support from the SERIESMAKERS initiative:

    • YOURS, MARGOT by Juho Kuosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
    • THE INVISIBLE INK by César Díaz, producer: PUENTES graduate Fernando Epstein

    Launched by Series Mania and Germany’s Beta Group in order to support talents making the leap from films to series, the SERIESMAKERS initiative has unveiled its first list of winners, singling out three projects from among the ten originally selecte

    https://seriesmania.com/en/

     

     Icelandic Edda Awards

    Main awards for EAVE graduates at the Edda Awards in Reykjavik:

    • BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson won Best Feature Film
    • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri was awarded Best Director and Best Cinematography
    • NEST by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Short Film

    https://eddan.is/

     

    Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse

    • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilan Haslberger wins PRIX SFCC DE LA CRITIQUE
    • EAVE project THE BARBARIANS by Aldrew Sala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Claire Lajoumard, executive producer: EAVE graudate Federico Sande Novo wins PRIX LYCÉEN DE LA FICTION Special Mention
    • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen wins PRIX DU PUBLIC FICTION LA DÉPÊCHE DU MIDI

    https://www.cinelatino.fr/

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    EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE ORDINARIES nominated for the Lola Awards

    German Lola Awards

    Nominated for the German Film Awards 2023:

    • HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted is nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), Best Actor (Mehdi Bajestani)SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz is nominated for Best Actress (Sandra Hüller), Best Cinematography,  Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design
    • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe is nominated for Best Set Design and Best Visual Effects
    • MISSION ULJA FUNK by Barbara Kronenberg, producers: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE graduate Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux is nominated for Best Children’s Film

    The Lolas will be handed out at the ceremony in Berlin on May 12 this year.

    https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/

     

    Romanian Gopo Awards

    The following films by EAVE graduates have been nominated for the Romanian Film Awards:

    • IMACULAT by George Chiper-Lillemark, Monica Stan, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar has 10 nominations.
    • MIRACLE by Bogdan George Apetri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Aija Berzina follows with 9 nominations
    • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci has 5 nominations
    • BALAUR by Octav Chelaru, producer: EAVE graduate Radu Stancu is nominated for Best Debut

    The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on 25 April 2023.

    http://www.premiilegopo.ro/

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    EAVE project DALVA in French and in Belgian cinemas

    In French cinemas

    • NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. March 1.

    www.versusproduction.be

    • EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas. March 1.

    www.alinafilm.com

    • THE DAM by Ali Cherry, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj. March 1.

    www.kinoelektron.com

    • TOVE by Zaida Bergroth, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy. March 1.

    www.helsinkifilmi.fi

    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. March 8. 

    https://wrongmen.be

    • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor. March 22. 

    https://www.luxboxfilms.com/1976

    • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit. March 22. 

    www.helicotronc.com

    • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 22. 

    www.elementpictures.ie

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 22. 

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries

    http://www.cinemadefacto.com

    • EAVE and TTB project HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu. March 22.

    www.studiobauhaus.gr

    • CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED by Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa. March 29. 

    http://www.homelessbob.ee

    • THE SOUVENIR, PART II by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 29.   

    www.elementpictures.ie

     

     

    In Belgian cinemas

    • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra. March 15. 

    www.graffitidoc.it

    • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. March 22.   

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit. March 22. 

    www.helicotronc.com

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 29. 

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

     

     

    In UK cinemas

    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel. March 3.

    www.topkapifilms.nl

    • UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad. March 3.

    www.fullhouse-films.com

    • THE MIDDLE MAN by Bent Hamer, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese. March 10.   

    www.pandorafilm.de

    • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg. March 10.   

    www.atmo.se

    • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor. March 22. 

    https://www.luxboxfilms.com/1976

    • THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE by Francisca Alegria, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. March 22. 

    http://www.cinemadefacto.com

    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries. March 31. 

    http://www.cinemadefacto.com

     

     

    In Dutch cinemas

    • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper. Mach 30.

    www.circe.nl

    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries. March 30. 

    http://www.cinemadefacto.com

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 23. 

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

     

     

    In Swiss cinemas

    • L’ÎLOT by Tizian Büchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub. March 15.

    www.alvafilm.ch

    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger. March 23.

    http://www.geyrhalterfilm.com

    • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye. March 23.

    www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com

    • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and President Danny Krausz. March 30.

    www.dor-film.com

     

     

    In Austrian cinemas

    • STAMS by Bernhard Braunstein, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun. March 3.

    www.panama-film.com

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 17. 

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and President Danny Krausz. March 30.

    www.dor-film.com

     

     

    In German cinemas

    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 15. 

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

    • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe. March 29.

    www.bandenfilm.de

    • SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and President Danny Krausz. March 29.

    www.dor-film.com

     

     

    In Polish cinemas

    • JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron. March 31.

    http://www.mistrusmedia.lv

     

     

    In Finnish cinemas

    • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. March 24.   

    http://www.snowglobefilm.com

     

     

    In Swedish cinemas

    • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. March 24.    

    www.samsa.lu

     

     

    In Spanish cinemas

    • MATRIA by Álvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora. March 24.

    http://www.avalonproductions.es

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    CHANGE culminates at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen

    Dublin International Film Festival (February 23 – March 6)

    • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor
    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries
    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
    • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe
    • PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
    • THE HAMLET SYNDROME by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska 
    • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev

    www.diff.ie

     

    Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 2 – 12)

    • THE LAST SEAGULL by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
    • 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION by Lina, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
    • LEON by Wojciech Gostomczyk, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Stylinska
    • DOGWATCH by Gregoris Rentis, producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
    • INNOCENCE by Guy Davidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
    • MUSIC FOR BLACK PIGEONS by Jørgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed, producer: EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
    • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilan Haslberger
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • AURORA’S SUNRISE by Inn Sahakyan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
    • AUSTRAL by Benjamin Colaux, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Iffland Stettner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
    • BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
    • NOTES ON DISPLACEMENT by Khaled Jarrar, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Kaske, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
    • POLISH PRAYERS by Hanka Nobis, producer: EAVE graduate Esther van Messel
    • THE CASTLE by Martín Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
    • MY PET AND ME by Johan Kramer, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
    • 7915 KM by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • EARTH by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
    • OUR DAILY BREAD by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger

    Thessaloniki Pitching Forum

    • DAD’S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
    • HOLY HUMAN ANGEL by Angeliki Aristomenopoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
    • THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN ARM by Athanassios Vassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros

    Agora Docs in Progress

    • DEATH PLAN FOR A DOG AND A MAN by Christos Karakepelis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki 
    • FORBIDDEN by Anelise Salan, producer: EAVE graduate Bogdan Craciun 
    • SUSPENDED by Myriam El Hajj, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine

    https://www.filmfestival.gr/

     

    Luxemburg City Film Festival (March 2 –12)

    • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
    • LOST TRANSPORT by Saskia Diesing, producers: EAVE + graduates Hanneke Niens, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu 
    • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
    • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
    • OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
    • THE DAM by Ali Cherry, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
    • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
    • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

    www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/films

     

    New York International Children’s Film Festival (March 3 – 19)

    • OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer

    https://nyicff.org/

     

    Mons International Film Festival (March 10 – 18)

    • AILLEURS SI J’Y SUIS by François Pirot, producers: EAVE graduates Valérie Bournonville, Donato Rotunno
    • CHIARA by Susanna Nicchiarelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
    • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
    • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
    • EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
    • LE PARADIS by Zeno Graton, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
    • LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
    • PATANEGRA by Meryl Fortunat Rossi, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
    • I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
    • TIGER by Andrei Tanase, producers: PUENTES and MW graduate Alexa Rivero, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou

    http://www.festivaldemons.be

     

    SXSW Film Festival (March 10 – 19)

    • ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilan Haslberger
    • IT TURNS BLUE by Shadi Karamroudi, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Mina Dreki
    • EAVE MW project THE ORDINARIES by Sophie Linnenbaum, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe
    • NORTHERN COMFORT by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
    • THE BUS by Sandra Reina, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • TOBACCO BARNS by Rocio Mesa, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo 
    • UPON ENTRY by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras

    www.sxsw.com

     

    International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva  (March 10 – 19)

    • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
    • AURORA’S SUNRISE by Inn Sahakyan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
    • DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
    • HOLDING UP THE SKY by Pieter Van Eecke, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
    • JE SUIS NOIRES by Juliana Fanjul, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
    • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
    • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye

    www.fifdh.org

     

    BUFF Film Festival (March 11 – 17)

    • OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE participant Rogier Kramer

    https://www.buff.se/

     

    Febiofest Bratislava (March 15 – 23)

    • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
    • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
    • RHINO by Oleg Sentsov, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Heino Deckert

    https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en/

     

    Vilnius International Film Festival (March 16 – 26)

    • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • CHERRIES by Vytautas Katkus, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
    • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producers: EAVE+ graduates Tom Dercourt, Joost de Vries
    • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
    • DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
    • LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
    • PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
    • REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
    • THE 9TH STEP by Irma Puzauskaite, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
    • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
    • TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
    • TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
    • TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese

    www.kinopavasaris.lt/en/films

     

    Sofia International Film Festival (March 16 – 31)

    • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
    • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
    • A PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina